Easter on Sörmlandsleden, Mölnbo till Malmköping, 80 km

Hi everybody! I (Mårten) and Stefan are planing a hike from Mölnbo (pendeltåg) to Malmköping (SJ and bus) on beautiful Sörmlandleden over easter. And guess what? Once again you're happily invited to join!
We'd start around lunchtime on Thursday (skärstorsdagen) taking the train (pendeltåg) towards Gnesta and getting off at Mölnbo. We'd return back home on Monday (annandag påsk) somewhere around afternoon taking a train from Malmköping.
In total this well be around 80 km with four nights out. \o/

Depending on the weather and fitness I haven't made up my mind completely yet about all the stops in detail, but I think we'd aim at taking us until Djupsjön or its surroundings for the first night. That's about 20km but we got lots of time this weekend so if we want to shorten it a bit it's perfectly OK. Anyway it's just a suggestion and we can talk about it while on the hike and adjust depending on mood and energy we have. After Djupsjön we reach a more hilly area away from Marvikarna and then down to the old mining area of Skottvång, right after which we should try to find a nice place for our tents for the night. In case we want to be a bit more ambitious on Friday of course we can also press on with it for a little while.

On Saturday we'll have a nice tour through forests westbound passing lakes suited for a swim and the edges of several nature reserves. I think a shorter day of relaxing could be suitable and thus we could finish that day at lake Finnsjön, maybe take (another?) swim and enjoy campfire. Southbound from Finnsjön we continue where even more lakes lay by the trail while we pass through Putbergens nature reserve. The forests there are more than 200 years old some trees are even known to be more than 300 years old.

I think it would be nice if we'd spend the last night somewhere around Örsjön and then have the shortest stretch of the whole weekend so that we can be home easily before Monday evening. Though the trip back home might be a bit more cumbersome with busses along Sörmlandsleden.

This is going to be a somewhat longer tour than we what usually have. It's not that the daily distances would be so terribly huge but your physical fitness might still get challenged a bit and there will be only little chance to jump ship while on the trail other than taking a different route on the second day at Nedre Marviken and even then it's gonna be 7km to Lägesta.
There's also no chance of food supply along the way which means that you have to carry all meals with you right from the beginning. On the other hand this means your backpack will get more lightweight with every day. smiley

When it comes to what to pack in your backpack I'd recommend to try to share as much as you can. Share food, tent, kitchen and more between you so that the whole trip becomes more enjoyable in the end. I'll bring my pyramid tent which can host up to four persons, which means there's room for two more.