Saturday at 9am I am of toward Kågeröd in Skåne. I can take the train to Lund and change to a local train. My plan is to walk from Kågeröd toward the end of SL3 stage 4, and the beginning of stage 4, setup camp some place, and then walk some of both stages without my backpack and equipment.
I arrive around 12:30, a little delayed because of waiting times in both Copenhagen and Lund, maybe coz its a saturday.
It is a beautiful autumn sunny weather when I am walking out of Kägeröd and I pass an elderly couple sitting in front of their house and greets me – Is it a long promenade? The man asks. I dont speak Swedish and is not aware “long promenade” is a term for hiking – I am going to the forest, I answer.
The walk towards Skåneleden through private forest it not worth talking about. I come through, pass highway 1228, and walk towards Kvärk, end end up 500 metres from my target, which I reach through a small marked path.
According to Skåneledens site there is water at a shelter at the border between the 2 stages, but it turns out to be 400 meters longer down on stage 3, in the shape of an old red water pump. There is shelters several places around the lake where I setup camp a bit up from the lake.
Even its mid October there is many guests staying out this night. If you walk these tracks I dont think you can expect to find an vacant shelter, it seems to be a popular area also for the locals.
Sunday morning around 7am it starts to rain and it lasts for the next 3 hours. I am pleased with my new tarp which opposed my lightweight tent gives me room for both equipment and sitting and making some food and coffee and look out in the area while I wait for the rain to stop.
There was quit some wind during the night, I could hear it in the trees and hitting my tarp, but my setup worked fine, and the closed end was against the wind direction so I didnt feel the wind when sleeping.
After I packed my stuff I pass the lake on its east side, after which I turn east and follow a wide forest path and 200 meters ahead reach SL3 stage 4.
The first kilometers is small paths and an easy walk. When I start walk along the creek Drejebækken the tracks become difficult, full of rocks and bare roots on the surface. I decide not to drop my backback, since I dont want to walk back those tracks again 😀
On my path I see many nice places for setting up a camp, if you just walk a bit up the slopes.
Tracks like the ones on the photos aint much fun to walk on, and they take your attention away from the beautiful landscape.
And many creeks are noisy, I dont much appreciate walking next to that, I prefer the silence of the forest.
Skåneledens online map is wrong around Korsskär. According to the map you walk on the northern side of the creek and turn northeast when the creek meets with another creek. Instead the route goes south of Drejebækken and to the next creek which you pass and head north until the 2 creeks merge.
The route is not the orange line, but the dotted red line.
Usually I follow the orange markings blindly, but on hairy paths like these I do get a bit nervous when the path dont follow the route on the map.
When you cross the other creek there is a sign saying 400 meters to Shelter Liagården.
Later I reach a split road where Skåneledens route goes up to Kopparhatten. If you instead turn right you will follow the creek and end up at the lake at Naturrum nomatter what route you choose. If you dont care walking up, the creek path seems easier.
I follow the route up Kopperhatten, which have spetacular views, but, I didnt spend much time there since it was crowded with Sunday tourists.
There is toilets at Naturrum and water from a faucet outside on the building. There is a restaurant and big parking lot. And a lot of visitors this Sunday.
From highway 13 I take the bus towards Klippan, a 20 minutes ride. To buy tickets you need the Skånetrafikkens App, which is highly recomendable to find busstoops and departures.
From Klippan theres localtrains toward Helsingborg and Hassleholm.
Notes
From before start of stage 4 and until Kopparhatten my mobile had no signal.
Theres a Systembolaget in Klippan.
Important with waterproof, none slippery shoes with a thick sole and a walking stick.
Stage 4 took me around 3 hours in a medium pace.
The route I walked from saturday 1pm to sunday 2pm is marked with yellow.
