The landscape here is beautiful with large patches of forest punctuated by grassland with grazing dairy cows. Scenic villages abound along with loosely scattered farmhouses which historically harbored humans, livestock, and farm equipment. Some of these farmhouses have been converted into guesthouses.
The forests are largely managed for timber, with mostly densely planted spruce. Species diversity in these forests is generally low. We did however see a number of plants that are closely related (in the same genus) as plants that occur in the Appalachian Mountains of North America.
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| Along the trail |
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| Walking through a spruce forest plantation |
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| Spruce (Picea) |
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| Fir (Abies) were much less common than spruce |
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| Alder (Alnus) |
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| Maple (Acer) |
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| Jewelweed (Impatiens) |
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| Blueberries (Vaccinium) |
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| Campanula |
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| An old mill house |
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| Large stacks of wood was a common sight near houses |
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| Tiny chapel along the trail |
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| Inside the chapel |
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| Mural inside chapel |
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| Second mural in chapel |
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