| The explanation of the tour are examples of routes
that we recommend. Beside these you can of course make up your own plans of which way to go. If you do so it is always wise to bring a canoe cart. A portage between two lakes or streams will the be much easier. A nice walk instead of a struggle. The suitable length of the tour depends on your experience and ambitions. A normal tempo in a Canadian canoe is 3 - 4 km/hour. On a longer trip you can do 4 - 6 hours of paddeling each day. This is some of the trails we recommend The ROUND TOUR. 3 - 6 days, 55 - 95 km (depending on your decision) Pages: och Topographic map 9 H NV. You can also download bigger and better traildescriptions. They are about 1 Mb. Download: A or C This tour starts and ends in Skebokvarn. The normal direction is: Båven - Lidsjön - Husbyån - Uren - Forsaån - Båven. There are 2 and sometimes 3 portages of 0,8 km, 0,4 km and 3 km. They are all on god paths or country roads. There is one stream of 5 km and one of 4 km. easily paddled. If you want to make the tour a little longer, we recommend you to spend a couple of days in the area of Båven.
Katrineholm -
Skebokvarn. 6-7 days, 85 - 95 5 km ( 110 km ) Djulösjön - Forssjösjön - Åkforsån - Yngaren - Skräddartorpsån - Hallbosjön - Torpfjärden - Husbyån - Lidsjön - Båven - Skebokvarn. On this tour there are 5 portages, the longest 1.8 km. Part of the portage is on a heavily trafficked road. Be cautious! You can even start from Skebokvarn but it is most common to take a transport to Katrineholm to start there and keep the car parked in Skebokvarn. The tour can be continued to, or started at Ändebol.
Skebokvarn -
Flen 4 - 5 days 65 km. Båven - Lidsjön - Husbyån - Torpfjärden - Långhalsen - Vadsbrosjön - Hedenlundaån - Veckelnn - Valdemaren - Gårdsjön. The opposite direction is equally good. There are . 3 - 4 portages 0,8 km, 0,4 km, 50 meters and 0.5 km.
Båven - Natån - Kyrksjön - Misteln - Dunkern. In early season (before 15 of June) it is possible to continue via lake Henaren - Västersjön - Ångdunkerskärren to Sparreholm - Båven. On this last part you need a canoecart for some portages (not for beginners).
Skebokvarn -
Nyköping Båven - Lidsjön - Husbyån - Torpfjärden - Långhalsen - Nyköpingsån - Harg. There are 3 portages- 0,8 km, 0,4 km and 100 meters. Nyköping is a nice town on the baltic coast. It is 40 km by car or bus from Skebokvarn We recommend to end the paddeling in Harg where road 53 is crossing Nyköpingsån. After passing under the road you go 100 m and then find a portage on the left shore. |
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