When you visit Storforsen you will be overwhelmed by its size. If you drive from Luleå to Jukkasjärvi it’s more a less one hours detour. But when you are there its like a destination in self. We arrived around lunch time and decided to walk upwards the rapid. Because of the season there was some snow and ice, making it less suitable for disabled. But for us who aint afraid of a walk even if its on a narrow, little snowy path it was worth it.
We did get really close to the streaming water. It’s fantastic that the rapid never freeze. With a length of over 500 meter and a drop of 60 meter it’s one of the biggest rapids in Europe. If flows 250 kubik meter of water thru the rapid ever second. Its hard to describe but it does make you small and humble for the power of nature.
Because of the snow and ice I didn’t get as close as I wanted. But even in summer the more wild part of the rapid is secured by fences, making it feel safe. If you want to have magic close up photo it can become a problem. But this should not stop you from make a visit to Storforsen. It just demands that you are a little more adventures then me.
Get a lunch
After we visited Storforsen we decide to go up to Hotel Storforsen for lunch and coffee. The lunch resturang is light and open and the price was okej. The dish of the day had three different option and included water and coffee. But what made me rally happy was the fox close to the open fire place. He was just so cute.
So next time you drive close to Vidsel, do a detour and visit Storforsen.