Femundsmarka
This is an eldorado for canoeists and anglers. Here can you paddle with canoe for days through the many waterways and lakes. You can take a fishing rod with you, to catch the large trouts. Ten thousand years ago receded the glacier, leaving behind ice-age landscape - a landscape that has scarcely changed since. Together with adjoining protected areas in Sweden, Femundsmarka national park forms part of one of the largest continuous, untouched wilderness areas in southern Scandinavia. It is also an area that provides an habitat for a number of rare and vulnerable animal species.
Cano trips
If you want to paddle, the central areas of the national park contain an interconnecting system of lakes. The upper regions of Røa, Reva, Revsjøen, Styggsjøene and adjoining areas across the Swedish border offer plenty of opportunities for spectacular excursions. Canoes can be hired on the Norwegian and Swedish sides of the border.
In Norway, Drevsjø: www.femund-canoe-camp.com
Trekking/Skiing
Mountain-walking, berry-picking or skiing trips, – Femundsmarka offers plenty of options. During the summer months can you follow a network of marked footpaths that also connect to paths in Sweden. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT) has several unstaffed- and staffed huts in the region. If you prefer to gather cloudberries, August is the best time. Femundsmarka is nationally renowned place for good cloudberries.
How to get there
South of Femunden: Østerdalsekspressen Oslo-Elverum, contact Hedmark Trafikk for continuing bus to Femundsenden. The canoe camp is situated close to Femundsenden and the walking paths starts in this area.
North of Femunden: Train or Østerdalsekspressen Oslo-Røros. Walking track starts in Røros. For tracks further south go to Langen or Ljøsnåvollen. For more information contact Røros Touristinformation.
In the summer there is a boat (AS Fæmund) running on the lake, Femunden. The trip takes about two hours. For more information see here.
Map
Northern part: Nordre Femund, Turkart SK, 1:10.000.
Southern part: Søndre Femund, Turkart SK, 1:10.000
