Tresticklan National Park

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Tresticklan National Park
At the Langetjärn lake
At the Langetjärn lake
Tresticklan National Park (Sweden)
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Coordinates: 59 ° 1 ′ 39 ″  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 44 ″  E
Location: Västra Götalands län , Sweden
Next city: Ed
Surface: 28.97 km²
Founding: 1996
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The Tresticklan National Park , established in 1996, is one of the larger national parks in southern Sweden with a total area of ​​28.97 square kilometers and is located in the municipality of Dals-Ed in northwestern Dalsland on the border with Norway . The name Tresticklan means trident and is certainly related to the shape of the Stora Tresticklan lake . Since January 2005 the national park has been classified as a Natura 2000 area under the name Trestickla-Boksjön .

vegetation

The wilderness landscape is characterized by a large number of small, nutrient-poor lakes that lie in the channels created by the ice age glacier movements . About 27.11 square kilometers are land with near-natural vegetation consisting of mostly light pine forest , here and there with interspersed moors and smaller spruce , aspen and birch occurrences . In 1830 a forest fire raged in what is now the national park. The pine is adapted accordingly and has a thicker bark, some trees are over 250 years old.

fauna

In the National Park that come capercaillie , the black grouse and hazel grouse and osprey quite common. The larger land animals include the elk and, more rarely, the lynx and wolf .

Access

The best way to get to the national park is via the road connecting Ed and Nössemark . The Råbocken car park is about 600 m from the eastern edge and is the starting point for hikes. It is about 3.5 km to the Norwegian border ( Bodalsviken ), and the Budalsvika Hut also offers overnight stays. The Tresticklaleden circular route is about 8 km long. At the southern junction Bråtane you can take a short detour to Orshöjden , which at 276 m is the largest elevation in the national park.

It is forbidden to light campfires, but picking berries and mushrooms for personal consumption is permitted.

photos

  • View from the bridge on the Stora Tresticklan at the transition to Lilla Tresticklan

  • Access path from the Råbocken car park to the national park entrance

  • On the northwest bank of the Stora Tresticklan with a view of the lake to the east

  • View across to the Norwegian bank of Budalsviken, the northern arm of Boksjön

  • Information boards at the eastern entrance to the national park

literature

  • Maria Guntermann: Tresticklan National Park . In: Diess .: Out and about in Scandinavia. The big travel book . Weltbild, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8289-3757-4 , pp. 300f.

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