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STF Pältsa Mountain cabin

Stay along the Nordkalottleden on the Norwegian border

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About the accommodation

STF Pältsa lies along the Nordkalottleden trail, just south of Treriksröset. Here, right by the Norwegian border, is Pältsan, Sweden’s northernmost bare mountain. During the Second World War, the cabin was a base for the resistance movement.

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There are two cabins with a total of 26 beds. Close to the cabins there is a sauna, a woodshed and an outdoor toilet.

The larger cabin has 18 beds spread across two four-bed rooms and one ten-bed room. There is also a combined kitchen and dining room, and a drying room. Dogs are not allowed in this cabin.

The old Pältsa cabin dates from 1941 and has two rooms with a total of eight beds. One is the host’s room. The other is a safety room with an emergency phone, which during the season serves as an overflow room and a room for dog owners.

There is no mobile coverage at the cabin. On a small hill three kilometres south of the cabin, you can make calls via a Finnish mast.

Here you can see the midnight sun from mid-May until the end of July. The landscape is shaped by the tundra and has a distinctive flora thanks to the harsh climate. You hike along eskers that stretch for miles, close to the very steep mountain peaks on the Norwegian side.

Why not take a summit tour on Pältsan? With a bit of luck, you may find the Laestadius poppy, a botanical rarity.

The area is very rich in birdlife, and passerines and waders are particularly common. A little way from the cabin there are many lakes and streams with good fishing.

Read everything you need to know before staying at one of our mountain cabins:
www.swedishtouristassociation.com/stfmountaincabin

Our service

Guest kitchen

Fully equipped kitchen for self-catering. The kitchen is shared with other guests.

Pets allowed

Some rooms are available in which pets may accompany guests.

Sauna

A sauna is available.

<1 km to marked trails

Less than 1 kilometer to marked hiking trail.

<1 km to marked winter trails

Less than 1 kilometer to marked winter trail.

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Contact and opening hours

Travel information

In summer, the easiest way to reach STF Pältsa is via a boat trip from Kilpisjärvi in Finland to Koltaluokta. There begins the summer trail to STF Pältsa, which is about 15 km from the jetty at Koltaluokta. More information about boats on Kilpisjärvi is available at www.swedishtouristassociation.com/boats

In winter you can ski from Kilpisjärvi across the lake of the same name to Koltaluokta and on to STF Pältsa. The distance from Kilpisjärvi to Pältsa is about 22 km in winter.

You can also access Pältsa from Signaldalen in Norge and stay at DNT’s Gappohytta on the way. The trail from Signaldalen to Gappohytta is not marked in winter, the winter marking starts on the border with Sweden.

Kilpisjärvi is reached most easily by car. Alternatively you can take a bus from Kiruna to Karesuando and continue by taxi. See lanstrafikennorrbotten.se or more information about the bus to Karesuando.

Mountain map:
Calazo mountain map Treriksröset, Abisko & Kiruna

GPS-coordinates

N68.973366°, E20.370723°

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Opening hours

2027:
19 March - 18 April
2 July - 12 September

Number of beds

11-25

Sustainability

Sustainability pledge

The accommodation has taken the STF Sustainability pledge on working sustainably in their daily operations and involve you as a guest.

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