It had been several years since I had made one of my spring tours, what with Covid and all, but now that Omicron had cleared the field I was of quite a mind to get back on the proverbial equine. Once again the Easter holiday was the obvious candidate, but the first prognoses showed nothing but dreary weather, so I bided my time – and with only a few days to go the prospects suddenly picked up, so I jumped at the chance.

Now, the pandemic-era reservation mandate in STF's cottages was no longer in force, but it had been replaced with a hybrid scheme in which a certain number of each site's beds can be booked and paid for in advance, with the remaining capacity to be distributed as needed on site like before. I utilized this to book myself beds in Stensdalen and Gåsen (always Gåsen), and due to logistic reasons I was to travel directly to the former from Storulvån and then spend two nights at the latter this time around.

My packing list was as follows:

Add to that half a liter of warm water in the thermos, and half of liter of cold water in a flask carried in one of the jacket's chest pockets.

Here, then, is the account of what transpired during the subsequent four days. Each section has a header consisting of a short overview of the stage in question, complete with a map showing the route travelled. A ring marks the starting point, a square the lunch break location, and a star the destination. Vertical distances have been calculated from the map and have an accuracy of 10 m. All cottage breakfasts consisted of oatmeal porridge, tea and a sandwich, and all lunches of two cups of instant soup and a sandwich.