Last week I went over Tavelsjöberget three times, tracing and looking for points of interests for hikers. As I don’t have a an ATV (nor a snowmobile during the winter) I didn’t bother checking those routes. The picnic sites and toilets are still, afaik, available all year around for such activities as well.

I went by bus to one side of the mountain, to Sand bus stop C which is next to Tavelsjön. Nearby there is a café, beach, minigolf course and such there which of course attracts some tourists, so I figured I could map some of it. When walking from there to the mountain path’s start, you pass an attraction (which is along Tavelsjön Runt, something I’ll probably build a relation for some day) called “Sikta Tavelsjöodjuret”. In English this translates to “Find the Tavelsjö monster” (see: local version of the Loch Ness monster). There’s a small information board next to it, while the attraction itself is a metal pipe aimed at Tavelsjön, which shows the location “where the monster is most often sighted”.

The walk I took was about 5km (not counting height differences) but as I didn’t stay in any of the cabins there I had to walk about the same length further to get to my sleeping place. This was the “shortest and quickest” route, but I mainly wanted to get things like picnic sites and such properly marked. There are some reference data (such as the municipality’s index numbers for the shelters etc.) that I still want to get - and of course I want to walk one of the longer paths to make sure they are correctly marked on the map as well.

The probably most popular and best equipped picnic site’s coordinates is linked to this post, it’s the “Tavelsjöberget” picnic site, relatively near the (small) mountain’s peak. It has a toilet called “Ändamålet” (where “ända” means “butt” in Swedish and “mål” would here be interpreted as “finish line”).

Right now I’m suffering a cold and my throat hurts when I swallow. Though I’m pretty sure this was due to meeting people who had suffered the same symptoms before I went out, rather than a result of the walk itself.