
The page was last updated 8/2/2021. This information applies until further notice and may be updated at a later date.
SIMPLE SELF-CATERING
STF’s mountain cabins are located 10 to 20 kilometres apart, along well-marked skiing and walking trails. When you arrive, you are welcomed by the cabin manager. This friendly host is a nonprofit worker. They will explain how the cabin stay works – for example how everybody lends a hand with household tasks. As a visitor you chop wood, fetch water from the stream or lake, wash up and clean up after yourself. You sleep in bunk beds.
There is no electricity or running water in the cabins, and the toilet is a dry toilet. The rooms are different sizes and usually heated by gas stoves. Blanket and pillow are in place, but it is mandatory to bring your own bedding set including sheet, pillowcase, as well as a sleeping bag or duvet cover for existing quilts. Only travel sheets are not allowed. Your stay will be simple, but always personal and memorable.
All mountain cabins have rooms for visitors with dogs, but these are popular and subject to availability. We recommend that you bring a small tent if you really want to sleep next to your dog.
Until further notice we have introduced mandatory booking and prepayment for all overnight stays in our mountain cabins. This to ensure that we do not have more guests than the number of beds. Bookings and prepayments must be made for the current date and cabin, and made online here on our website. Further down on this page you will find an overview of our areas, where you can go ahead and pay for overnight accommodation at the mountain huts you want to stay at.
ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
STF’s mountain cabins will be open as planned in 2021 with certain minor adjustments to the opening hours (see each cabin for detailed information). In order to allow us to welcome you and other guests at our mountain cabins in a safe manner, we have made a number of adjustments to how we operate. These changes are necessary if we are to be able to keep the mountain cabins open and we hope to have your support and understanding. Mandatory advance booking of STF mountain cabins will continue to apply in 2021.
- Mandatory advance booking of STF mountain cabins will continue to apply in 2021. There will be a limited number of advance bookings per cabin and night and this allows us to ensure that each cabin will not be overcrowded. Mandatory advance booking also means that our cabin hosts know which guests will arrive each day and can plan the bed allocation accordingly. If you stay in a tent close to our mountain cabins, mandatory advance booking is not necessary.
- The winter weather in the mountains can be severe and your plans may need to change during a trip. If the weather becomes an obstacle in the winter, it is possible in an emergency situation, in dialogue with the cabin host in question, to change your reservation to another mountain cabin as long as the dates for your trip match your reservation.
- The cabin hosts will spread out the guests as much as possible and as far as circumstances permit, only guests from the same group are allowed to share a room.
- Duvets and pillows are provided in mountain cabins. It is obligatory to bring your own sheets and pillow cases in addition to your sleeping bag, travel sheet or duvet cover for the duvets in the cabins. You will need to be able to cover all bedclothes for your own safety.
- Saunas in our mountain cabins will remain closed for the time being. Decision is based on the regulations of the Public Health Agency of Sweden and may change.
- There will be a maximum number of people who are allowed in the kitchen at the same time. It will only be possible to use kitchens for cooking and not as common rooms. A kitchen booking list will be available in cottages where required. Maximum number varies based on cottage type.
- The shops at the mountain cabins will have limited opening hours; a few hours every morning (8-10) and afternoon (16-20).
- The cottage is open for day visits for a fee between 11-15, subject to availability. Day visits to mountain cabins cannot be pre-booked and is paid for on site to the cabin host.
- If you stay in a tent close to our mountain cabins and pay a service fee, you may use the cabin’s kitchen, drying room and other facilities but not bedrooms at 15-21 on the day of arrival and 07-10 on the day of departure. The same kitchenrules applies as for other guests.
- There will be improved hand washing facilities / hand sanitizer by toilets, in kitchens and by the cabin entrance.
- We recommend that our guests use their own receptacles for all drinking water and water used for personal hygiene.
- Bring your own water bottle, a small towel/flannel for hygiene purposes, your own hand sanitiser and please stay with the same people for the entire trip in order to reduce the number of contacts.
- Cleaning routines for guests are set up in the mountain cabin.
- You as a guest must take a large share of the responsibility for both your own routines and the procedures established by STF. Together we will make this work and make it possible for the mountain cabins to remain open for both the winter and summer season of 2021.
- Thank you for helping and welcome to the mountains!
PRICES AND PAYMENT
The price of an overnight stay depends on the season, area and specific trail section. Day visitors and campers pay service charges. Prices, more information about payment in the mountain cabin and service charges can be found here.
For the time being, our normal accomodation guarantee does not apply in our mountain cabins. Bookings and prepayments must be made on our website for the current date and cabin.
Access to kitchen, drying room and other facilities in the cabin except for bedrooms is included in the service fee for campers and day visitors.
OPENING HOURS
Opening hours are divided into two seasons in the mountain cabins. The winter season runs from the end of February until the end of April/beginning of May. The summer season runs from around the middle of June until the middle/end of September.
During both the summer and winter seasons, the mountain cabins opening hours vary in different regions and trail sections.
Mountain cabins opening hours 2021
Safety room at mountain cabins
When mountain cabins are closed for the year, there is a safety room where it is possible to stay in emergency situations all year round (except for Abisko, Grövelsjön och Vakkotavare). These facilities can not be used for overnight stays on planned excursions. If you plan to do a mountain hike when the cabins are closed, you must bring a tent, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, outdoor kitchen and food for the entire trip. All security rooms are very spartan. Emergency telephones, which go directly to the rescue service and police, are available in some cabins, but not in all.
Ferry service in the mountains
Depending on how you plan your adventure, you may come across lakes and rivers where you need ferry services. Read timetables, contact details and other information here. Boat schedules for the summer 2021 will be updated during may.
STF MOUNTAIN SHOPS – SHOP OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
STF wants to inspire you and make your stay in the mountains comfortable. This is why we have improved and updated the range of goods available in our mountain cabins. We have also refurbished the interiors. You can read more about our mountain shops here.
Here you can pre-book your unspecified bed in each cabin.
Grövelsjöfjällen - Rogen
Our mountain cabins in the Rogen area are located in the boarder area between Sweden and Norway, along the trail between Grövelsjön and Tännäs. There are mountain shops of different sizes in the mountain cabins.
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STF Rogen Mountain cabin
Grövelsjön-Rogen
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STF Skedbro Mountain cabin
Grövelsjön-Rogen
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STF Storrödtjärn Mountain cabin
Grövelsjön-Rogen
Jämtland / Härjedalen
Popular mountain cabins along well-visited trails and in an easily accessible mountain area. Mountain cabins in an area with a high service level and with connection to larger mountain stations. Mountain shops can be found in many of the mountain cabins.
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STF Anaris Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
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STF Arådalen Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
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STF Fältjägaren Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
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STF Gåsen Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
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STF Lunndörren Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
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STF Stensdalen Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
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STF Vålåstugan Mountain cabin
The Jämtland mountains
Kungsleden Vindelfjällen
Hemavan, Kungsleden's southern starting point, marks the start of the hike into the beautiful Vindelfjällen. There are mountain cabins at reasonable distances all the way up to Ammarnäs. Our mountain cabins are open during both the winter and summer seasons. Mountain shops are available in some mountain cabins.
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STF Aigert Mountain cabin
The Vindelfjällen mountains
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STF Serve Mountain cabin
The Vindelfjällen mountains
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STF Syter Mountain cabin
The Vindelfjällen mountains
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STF Tärnasjö Mountain cabin
The Vindelfjällen mountains
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STF Viterskalet Mountain cabin
The Vindelfjällen mountains
Laponia
Along Padjelantaleden and other beautiful places around Laponia you will find our smaller mountain cabins. Hiking in Laponia involves encounters with both nature and culture. Here are the mountain cabins that are still undiscovered by most. There are mountain shops in a few of the mountain cabins.
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STF Akka Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Hukejaure Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Kutjaure Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Njunjes Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Pieskehaure Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Såmmarlappa Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Sårjåsjaure Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Tarrekaise Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Vaimok Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Vaisaluokta Mountain cabin
Laponia
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STF Sitasjaure Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
Kungsleden Laponia
Along Kungsleden, at and through the world heritage site Laponia, our mountain cabins are located on the hiking stages of Kebnekaise-Saltoluokta and Saltoluokta-Kvikkjokk. Along the route there are saunas and shops in about one of two mountain cabins.
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STF Pårte Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
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STF Aktse Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
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STF Sitojaure Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
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STF Vakkotavare Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
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STF Teusajaure Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
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STF Kaitumjaure Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
Kungsleden - Abisko - Kebnekaise
Kungsleden's most popular hiking route. Start in Abisko and finish at Kebnekaise. Large mountain cabins with high service levels. Open from mid-June to the end of September and winter season from the end of February to 1 May. This trail sees a lot of visitors, so prices are somewhat higher here.
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STF Abiskojaure Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Alesjaure Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Tjäktja Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Sälka Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Singi Mountain cabin
The King´s Trail
Abisko / Kebnekaise
Next to Kungsleden, in the northernmost part of Lapland, our mountain cabins are located in beautiful and iconic places. The mountain cabins are a bit smaller, and there aren’t as many visitors as on Kungsleden.
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STF Unna Allakas Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Nallo Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Vistas Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Pältsa Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Kårsavagge Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains
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STF Tarfala Mountain cabin
Abisko-Kebnekaise mountains