Kittelfjäll: Winter Sports, Trails and Cultural Landscape

Kittelfjäll is located in the upper Vojmådalen, a mountain valley in the Västerbotten Mountains. When choosing your destination, you can consider winter sports, hiking and cultural history: the ski system and cross-country trails offer a different focus from Sagostigen and the village’s cultural landscape.

Winter sports and tours

The ski system in Kittelfjäll comprises 25 off-piste runs and nine groomed runs. It also includes two children’s areas with barbecue huts, rope tows and platter lifts, as well as a skicross course and a ski carousel. Alongside the runs, these provide several other features of the ski system to help you find your way around. If you are travelling with children, you can include these areas in your trip planning.

Paid cross-country trails start in the village. One illuminated trail is 3.5 kilometres long, and another is five kilometres long. The Fjällspåret ski touring trail starts at the Jan-Express lift and is signposted with two loops: a short one of 4.5 kilometres and a longer one of ten kilometres. In spring, grooming of the ski touring trail depends on weather conditions. The distances help you choose between the two loops based on your preferred route length; for the cross-country trails, information is also provided about lighting, fees and starting point.

Well-groomed snowmobile trails are also among the winter options. They offer opportunities for day trips to Virisen, Saxnäs/Klimpfjäll, Borgafjäll or Hemavan/Tärnaby. In winter, trout and Arctic char can be caught in the mountain lakes of Kittelfjäll. The winter sports on offer therefore range from groomed cross-country trails and downhill runs to snowmobile trails and ice fishing.

Trails, nature and culture

Sagostigen follows the Vojmån and introduces visitors to local legends and stories from the region. Painted mythical figures and animals can be seen in the forest. The trail also crosses a suspension bridge and continues into the Marsfjällens Nature Reserve. Nature and storytelling come together here: the stories are part of the trail, while the bridge and the route through the nature reserve provide additional landmarks.

The wider area around Kittelfjäll, Henriksfjäll, Grönfjäll and Gränssjö offers different kinds of hiking: family-friendly trails, high-alpine summit tours and longer hikes along watercourses and mountain slopes. This information relates to the area around these villages, not only to Kittelfjäll. Nearby, you can also explore lakes and waterways by canoe or boat, including the Vojmån and Borkasjön. When planning your trip, you can choose between hiking, a walk along Sagostigen and exploring the water.

The village and getting around

The village of Kittelfjäll was founded in the early 19th century. Its cultural landscape is of national interest for the conservation of the cultural environment. Outdoor recreation is also important beyond the local area: under Chapter 3, Section 6 of the Swedish Environmental Code, the entire Kittelfjäll area is of national interest for this purpose. These designations provide a cultural and landscape context for a visit without treating the different hiking and winter sports opportunities as interchangeable.

Sagavägen runs directly through Kittelfjäll; the Vojmån flows past the village further to the east. For a road cycling tour, the Kittelfjäll–Gränssjö route is 45 kilometres long, while the round trip from Kittelfjäll is 90 kilometres. The cycling season is listed as May to October. This lets you take both the one-way distance and the round-trip distance into account when planning your tour. In the surrounding area, public charging stations for electric vehicles are available at selected central locations, including Kittelfjäll.

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