Paddus trail from Abisko to Báddosdievvá

From the Abisko Turiststation train stop and the naturum, the Paddus trail goes east along blue markers. A few hundred metres from the station car park it passes a Sámi spring and autumn camp that STF has reconstructed. The path then slopes gently upwards, mostly through mountain birch forest, with views over Torneträsk, in the direction of Čuonjávággi, the valley of Lapporten. At the end of the trail, the county board's trail page says, is Báddosdievvá, a cliff about 50 m high that it describes as an old Sámi place of sacrifice and a sacred place, beside an old migration route through Čuonjávággi. Our line goes on to the point OpenStreetMap marks as Báddosdievvá. Return the same way.

It is 12.6 km there and back with 295 m of ascent; allow about 4 hours. The county board gives 6.4 km one way; our line is 6.3 km each way. The grade is Moderate: the length is what makes it so, and OpenStreetMap tags the path as unpaved ground that is very rough underfoot (smoothness very_horrible), although it rates it ordinary hiking grade (sac_scale hiking) with good trail visibility.

The county board's page for Abisko National Park gives these rules for inside the park: dogs are banned except on a lead from 1 January to 30 April, and on a lead all year along roads and marked trails; fires are allowed only at the places provided, and camping only at the designated sites. The park rules page on sverigesnationalparker.se adds that disturbing grazing reindeer or the reindeer herders' work is not allowed. The trail page puts Báddosdievvá east of the national park, and on OpenStreetMap's park boundary the trail leaves the park about 1.7 km from the start, so most of the walk is outside it; we found no separate rules for that part. Treat Báddosdievvá as the sacred place it is described as.

Abisko Turiststation is a train stop, and the county board says the naturum is within walking distance of the bus stops and the railway stop. Trafikverket's project page for the stop's platform, updated on 18 September 2026, says the rebuilding is due to finish in October 2026, that until then passengers get on and off at designated carriages and places, and that about half of the car park is closed during the work, so spaces are limited. The map marks the station car park as free. No train or bus times were read for this walk.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.