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News · Life Here · Published 7 August 2026

Kebnekaise hikers face more rockfalls as permafrost thaws

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Updated 07:26 · 1 min read

A hiker scrambles across loose rocks on the exposed Västra leden route at Kebnekaise.
A hiker scrambles across loose rocks on the exposed Västra leden route at Kebnekaise.. Image: Grapetonix / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0

People planning a Kebnekaise ascent now face a growing rockfall hazard as thawing permafrost leaves parts of Sweden's highest mountain less stable.

Mountain guide Martin Lundberg told SVT that guides sometimes have to shelter behind rocks until falling stones pass. He has climbed Kebnekaise 259

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