Hiking in Glaskogen

Bring your backpack and experience nature in the best possible way. Hiking is a relaxing and healthy way to exercise, and also gives you great opportunities to study nature. Glaskogen offers 300 km of hiking trails, you can choose anything from a round trip for a few hours or weekly tours without having to take the same trail twice.

All trails are marked with orange, there are signs in the crossings, and along the paths there are windbreaks, overnight cabins and resting places. However, you still ought to bring your own tent just in case the overnight cabins and windbreaks are already occupied.

Modern forestry

In the nature reserve modern forestry is practiced. The industrial vehicles require sufficient space for maneuvering and loading. Please do not park on roads and turning areas intended for forestry. Do not enter paths and areas where forest operations are running. Danger to life!

Glaskogen card

You buy the Glaskogen card, our conservation card for Glaskogen, when you hike, paddle, cycle and / or fish in the nature reserve and use firewood and fireplaces, wind shelters, overnight cabins, dustbins and toilets that are in the nature reserve.

Your contribution makes a difference and increases our opportunities to offer even better service in the future. All for you to have a magical and easy wilderness experience. The money paid for the Glaskogen card goes directly to the care and maintenance of the area.

Overnight stay a maximum of two days per place and time. The card is not valid for overnight stays at the campsite in Lenungshammar.

Children under 16 free. For a group discount, contact Glaskogen or a dealer.

Choose which variant of card you want to buy – day card, day card, three-day card, weekly card or annual card – fill in the name of the person who will have the card and fill in the date you arrive at Glaskogen.

You can also buy the permit via iFISKE.

Glaskogskortet

The Glaskogen card can be bought at the following places:
The offices of the Glaskogen foundation in Arvika and Lenungshammar, Tourist-Offices in Arvika, Säffle, Hotell Årjäng, Arvika Kanot och Turistcenter, Petrol stations in Glava and Sulvik, Ica in Glava, Sölje Camping, Guesthouse Eleven in Jössefors, Sommarvik Swecamp in Årjäng, Survival Center in Svanskog och Ica Sillerud.


Glaskogen map – nature reserve map

On the Glaskogen Map You can see the small roads, resting places, hiking tracks, canoe routes, the overnight cabins and more. The map is trilingual and on the scale of 1:50 000. If You want to buy our map for planning the routs before coming here. You can choose to pay it with creditcard och directly to the bank.  We will send the prospect within 5 days.


Over night cabins

In the area there are cabins wich you can use when you buy the Glaskogen card (beds without mattresses).

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