Looking for an affordable, family-friendly bikepacking trip? Sweden's newest cycle trail, the Lelångenleden, offers a largely flat route through an otherworldly wilderness, complete with wild swimming, canoes, and cozy cabins.
Imagine the quintessential Swedish landscape: idyllic red cottages with white trim against a backdrop of shimmering lakes, birch and spruce forests, and wooded islands. Now picture two half-naked men leaping from a tiny sauna cabin into the cold shock of a lake—one screams, the other ducks under, emerges shivering, and dives again with a salmon-pink smile.
This is the essence of the Lelångenleden, a new cycle trail in western Sweden that combines epic scenery with authentic Scandinavian experiences.