Abiskojaure Mountain cabin

Abiskojaure Mountain cabin (STF Abiskojaure Fjällstuga) is a mountain lodge operated by Svenska Turistföreningen (STF), the Swedish Tourist Association, in Abisko National Park in northern Sweden. It sits at an elevation of about 490 metres on the southern shore of the lake Abiskojaure, in fell birch forest, roughly one day's hike from Abisko. The cabin is a well-known stop on two long-distance trails that run together through this section: Kungsleden (the King's Trail) and Nordkalottleden (the Nordic Calotte Trail). The facility is not a single building but a small cluster. It includes two guest houses with a total of 53 beds, a warden's cabin with a shop, and a tent-service building that also contains a safety room. The larger guest house, Stora Stugan, has 41 beds across four bedrooms and two large kitchen sections with separate outside entrances, plus a drying room. A smaller forest cabin (Skogsstugan) has two six-bed rooms and is the part of the lodge where guests may stay with dogs. The tent-service building provides a large kitchen for campers and day guests, used mostly in summer, and the safety room stays open outside the staffed season. The cabin is staffed during two seasons, from mid-February to early May and from early June to mid-September, when a hut warden runs it and provisions are sold. Outside those periods only the safety room is open. The site is one of only three places inside Abisko National Park where camping is permitted. It has a shallow, child-friendly sandy beach on the lake, and the surrounding area is known for Dryas octopetala (mountain avens), which indicates calcareous soil. Remains of World War II bunkers lie south of the cabin. In 2017 the cabin was adapted for accessibility: six beds were made wheelchair-accessible, one kitchen and one outdoor toilet were rebuilt, the sauna was adapted, ramps were built between buildings, and an adapted fire alarm for hearing-impaired guests was installed. Guest ratings on STF's own site average 4.4 out of 5 from 388 reviews. Distances along the trails are about 15 km to Abisko, 20 km to Alesjaure and 24 km to Unna Allakas.

Abiskojaure is a hiking cabin of Svenska Turistföreningen (STF), the Swedish Tourist Association, located on the southern shore of the lake of the same name at an elevation of 490 metres. It lies within Abisko National Park in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden, in fell birch forest about one day's hike from Abisko. The cabin sits on the Kungsleden and the Nordkalottleden, which run together through this section; distances are roughly 15 km to Abisko, 20 km to Alesjaure and 24 km to Unna Allakas. The lodge developed as a cluster of buildings rather than a single structure. It comprises two guest houses with a total of 53 beds, a warden's cabin with a shop, and a tent-service building that also houses a safety room. The main guest house, Stora Stugan, has 41 beds in four bedrooms and two large kitchen sections with separate outside entrances, plus a drying room. The second guest house, Skogsstugan, stands a little behind the others in the forest and consists of two six-bed rooms; it is the building where guests may stay with dogs. The tent-service building provides a large kitchen intended for campers and day guests, used mostly in summer, and its safety room remains open outside the staffed season. The cabin is staffed during two seasons, from mid-February to early May and from early June to mid-September, when a hut warden manages it and provisions are sold. Outside these periods only the safety room is open. Abiskojaure is one of only three places within Abisko National Park where camping is allowed. The site has a shallow, child-friendly sandy beach on the lake, and the occurrence of Dryas octopetala (mountain avens) in the surroundings indicates calcareous soil. South of Abiskojaure there are remains of bunkers from the Second World War. In 2017 the cabin was adapted for accessibility. Six beds were made accessible for wheelchair users; one kitchen and one outdoor toilet were rebuilt; the sauna was adapted to welcome guests with functional variations; ramps were built between the buildings so that wheelchair users can move between the guest house, sauna, outdoor toilet and shop; and an adapted fire alarm for hearing-impaired guests was installed. The initial aim was to make it easy for wheelchair users and visually impaired guests to visit the cabin. On STF's own website the cabin holds an average guest rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 388 reviews.

• Abiskojaure operates as an STF hiking cabin on the Kungsleden and Nordkalottleden at 490 m elevation.

• The cabin is adapted for accessibility in 2017, including six wheelchair-accessible beds, rebuilt kitchen and outdoor toilet, adapted sauna, ramps and an adapted fire alarm.

A classic STF mountain cabin on the Kungsleden and Nordkalottleden, offering simple, nature-oriented lodging and camping inside Abisko National Park.

• Stora Stugan guest house (41 beds, four bedrooms, two kitchens, drying room)

• Skogsstugan forest cabin (two 6-bed rooms, dog-friendly)

• Tent service building with large kitchen and safety room

• Warden's cabin with shop (large assortment)

• Sauna

• Shallow child-friendly sandy beach

1. 1STF Abiskojaure Fjällstuga - Svenska Turistföreningensvenskaturistforeningen.se
2. 2Abiskojaure Mountain cabin - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Abiskojaure (Schutzhütte) - Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org