26 k

Track description

The entire tour around the fantastic Paradise nature reserve. All the winding paths, all the beautiful ponds and rock outcrops. The whole wilderness experience that it's actually about, even though you started a few hundred meters from the commuter train station.

Your first watering hole on the way is the energy station Riddartorp after 6 km. Here the lanes split. For you, it takes off into the real wilderness. The forest here is classified as primeval forest and the animal life is rich, not least the woodpecker thrives here.

When the ice sheet retreated ten thousand years ago, Tornberget was the first of the Södertörn to emerge from the Litorina Sea, the mother of the Baltic Sea. Lake Tornbergsjön is a remnant of this ice sea. Tornberget, with its 111 meters above sea level, is Stockholm's highest natural point. And you probably feel a little in your legs when you go up to the top of the mountain. People have lived here since the Stone Age. It's not hard to understand them, it's beautiful and it's one of the quietest areas in Stockholm - only that's a luxury. Listen to your own breath and enjoy.

The second energy station appears at the Paradiset croft after 16 km, when you have conquered Tornberget and the occasional hill. The old croft was the state residence that became independent agriculture. Now the houses are rest cabins for walkers – and runners.
After Paradise's energy station, we head east, past Lake Trehörningen. And where the Halvanbanan connects, it appears. The marsh. Talked about by the runners, maybe a little feared but definitely memorable. Once back on the path after the unpaved part, it rattles on towards Rudan's outdoor area and the looming goal.