SWEDEN: Bergslagsleden Stage 7
Digerberget – Mogetorp 16 km
Pershyttan
in the old railway carriages.
Difficulty:
3Height:
16 kmEstimated time:
4 hrSurface:
Level changes - mostly redwoods, but also forest.
The walk starts at Digerberget, as winter is a skier's paradise for nora residents. The first route is on the ski tracks, and then fold up in the woods. The trail here near the nature reserve Myllypuro-Lerkesån.
In the river, there are plenty of freshwater pearl mussels of different ages, indicating that the new clams produced. This suggests in turn that the living environment is also good for trout, since the freshwater pearl mussel larvae in about nine months, live as parasites on trout gills.
After a short climb up a pine-covered height, tassel Titmouse is a common bird, the trail was to bergmansbyn Pershyttan.
After a short climb up a pine-covered height, tassel Titmouse is a common bird, the trail was to bergmansbyn Pershyttan.
The water source in Pershyttan
Pershyttan is a mining village where miners mining iron ore and iron produced since the 1300s. The scenery around the village are many traces and remains that tell of mining 700-year history. There's everything from charcoal pits and slag heaps, the croft ruins and overgrown fields.
Visit Mine
In Pershyttan's summertime visit mine caps mine, where the guided tour can go down in the mine. There are also guided tours that go to Pershyttans Foundry.Operations at the foundry ceased as late as in 1953 and the mine closed in 1967.
In Pershyttan's summer a restaurant and a coffee shop in a couple of vintage coaches. From Pershyttan you can take a detour with the railcar into the attractive wooden town of Nora. During the holidays we also run steam locomotives. In Pershyttan crosses Bergslagsleden in several places a colored yellow trail, which is about 6 km long and leads you past Pershyttans many cultural monuments.
Pole Walking
From Pershyttan the trail next to the country's only waterwheel with rod again in working order. The restored rail time is 200 meters long and begins at the restored water wheel. Rod Aisle transferred power from the water wheel to pump the mines.
The trail passes some typical estates, with its long, narrow houses and typical cast iron chimneys, before re-entering the forest.
Pole Walking
Bath and channel
After 3.5 km you will pass Bergslagsleden Dammsjön, where there is a nice little beach, located a few hundred yards west of the trail. Dammsjön has for centuries played an important role as the reservoir in order to conserve water for the many water wheels needed cab and mining in Pershyttan.
South of Dammsjön trail follows a hand-dug canal, which is more than a kilometer long. It was excavated in the 1800s to bring over from the stream Lerkesån water Dammsjön. In that way the water flow is increased in the stream that ran water wheels in Pershyttan. There is also a picnic table at a small quiet water lagoon in the channel.
Along the old road
After 5.6 km the trail to a trail junction. Bergslagsleden continue south over a bridge, while the blue-marked circular trail takes you back to Digerberget.
Loop trail Digerberget is 9 km long and starts appropriate from Digerberget.From there, the trail goes up a hill and follow in a while a very old riding and wagon trail. On the road by horse ore from Pershyttan and other mines in the region to Nora Ramshyttan and other foundries further south in Kilsbergen. The path is very deep in the ground, a so called covert.
Nice view
Up on the hill is a large clear-cut area, which offers great views to the north and northwest. The felling sway a grass called wavy hair-grass. From here the trail a bit on the verge of Bofors artillery range, which is one of Kilsbergen firing range where test launches will take place at certain times of the year.
After crossing the road between Wedge and Nora trail crosses another couple of large clearings. A well-known landmark for all närkingar is the large telecommunications mast in Lockhyttan that supplies the entire county with radio and television broadcasts.
Much needed break
After 8.7 km you will reach Kvarndammen, which is stage's rest. It offers shelter, fire, and dry toilet.
After rest and food, continue south. The trail passes a large deer fence before entering the pretty little village Ramshyttan.
Even in Ramshyttan have iron industry was conducted in substantial quantities.The trail passes the stream through the village at the place where the foundry legacy. Ramshyttan, after smelting closure, for a long time been the center of administration of Örebro paper large forest holdings in Kilsbergen. Forest office was housed in a distinctive red building that trail passes just after the creek.
Approximately 600 meters west of Ramshyttan are Ramsjön having bathing.Where will you follow the road that the trail comes out at just after resting Kvarndammen.
Ramshyttan
From Ramshyttan
Bergslagsleden leaves Ramshyttan at 192 meters above sea level and goes down through the overgrown pastures. After 800 meters follow the trail for a while an old drive and after another 2.2 km trail passes some clear shingle banks. The area is called Sågställningsbottnarna, which is just below the highest coastline. They have been formed by wave action, then the land surface after deglaciation for some 10 000 years ago emerged from the preliminary stage of the Baltic Sea called Yoldia.
3km from Ramshyttan you come to a trail crosses, which you can see to the south the mighty Amboberget. It is possible to by a marked blue connecting link to take a shortcut directly down to the stage. The trail is also part of the 11 km long circular trail that starts in Mogetorp and goes over Amboberget. From Amboberget you have a fantastic view to the east. The landscape is varied with a mixture of large forests, swamps and gullies.
'Cabin in Rökärr
Bergslagsleden then goes through a fancy party with old spruce, before it arrives at the small rest house in Rökärr. The cottage is always open for a visit and located by an old Kilsbergstorp. The remains of the crofter toil is still visible and the housing northwestern end grows an old spirea. There is also maple and crab apple.
South lie the blue marked point, which is part of the 8 km round loop Rökärr starting in Mogetorp. Bergslagsleden continues eastward and goes under the big power line from northern and up on a clearing. Felling area offers nice views of both Amboberget and mast Lockhyttan. Furthermore, the trail crosses a small bog, where cloudberries and Labrador tea grows among the tussocks.
Skärmarbodabergen
After the bog, you can imagine the excitement cave area Skärmarbodabergen.In Skärmarbodabergen is an accumulation of great ice age memories, you can not directly find anywhere else in Sweden. There are steep cliffs isslipade, individual dramatically placed boulders, ice and water blasted rock parties, sprickbranter and rock accumulations and caves.
The area has several trails, which offers fun for the whole family and the 400 year-old pine forest are among the most protected in the county. The starting point for an excursion in Skärmarbodabergen located just west of highway 50, after Nora exit. More information is available at the rest area Bergslagsresan sport, which is north of Mogetorp.
A small detour from the trail takes you among other things to what is called Blockbergsramlet, with several large blocks caves, and, if you like, out into Skärmarbodabergen stignät.
During the last stretch towards Mogetorp trail through mixed forest and up over a couple of pine slabs. Civilization makes itself felt through the traffic noise from Highway 50 and just däreftter is Bergslagsleden arrived at Mogetorp.
At Mogetorp Coffee and food service, as well as overnight accommodation and shower. From here frequent buses to Örebro. Mogetorp, located at 63 meters above sea level, is also one of the starting points for a tour of the block cave area. At most, the leg had been up more than 200 meters.
Overview map:
What to See Along the Way:
1. Digerberget
Digerberget is the northernmost part of Kilsbergen. There is a great view of Nora from the mountaintop, which is more than 100 m above the surrounding areas.
In the winter, several of the trails are lighted. The ski track Kilsbergspåret starts at Digerberget and goes south 27 km to Ånnaboda.
The walk starts at Digerberget, as winter is a skier's paradise for nora resident.
The first route is on the ski tracks, and then fold up in the woods.The trail here near the nature reserve Myllypuro-Lerkesån.
2. Pershyttan
Pershyttan is one of the county’s best-kept mining villages, and one of the oldest, dating from the 1300s.
Smelting production ceased in 1953 and the mine closed in 1967.
Along the trail is Sweden’s only waterwheel with functioning wooden shaft pumping system.
The system of wooden poles is 200 m long and starts at the restored waterwheel.
This system utilized the power from the waterwheel to pump out water from
the mines.
Displays are available during the summer.
The path swings by a well-preserved smelt house as well as a miner’s estate from the 17- and 1800s with working quarters, a forge and a coalhouse.
The Nora Bergslag Veteran Railway owns Pershyttan.
Tracks now go to the smelting house, meaning it is possible to take the train
from Nora to Pershyttan.
In Pershyttan, the Bergslag Trail crosses a yellow-marked path of 6 km that takes visitors by many of the town’s historical monuments.
Pershyttan is a mining village where miners mining iron produced since the 1300s.
3. Dammsjön
Dammsjön Lake has for many years served an important role as the reservoir for the water that powered the waterwheels that drove the mining work in Pershyttan.
By the northern part of the lake is a small swimming area just 200 m west of the trail.
There is a summer restaurant and a coffee shop in a couple of vintage coaches.
4. The canal
South of Dammsjön, the trail follows a hand-dug canal.
The canal, which is over a kilometer long, was created in the 1800s to bring over water from the stream Lerkesån to Dammsjön.
In that way, the pressure in the stream that drove the waterwheel in Pershyttan increased.
This was yet another example of the importance of water power during the
iron days of Bergslagen.
In Pershyttan's summertime visit mine caps mine, where the guided tour can go down in the mine.
5. Wagon trail
South of the canal, the path travels along the old riding and wagon trail on which ore from Pershyttan and other mines were transported by horse and cart to Ramshyttan and other smelting houses to the south.
The fact that the road was well traveled is evidenced by the fact that the current path runs in a very deep depression in the earth.
After 8.7 km you will reach Kvarndammen, which is stage's rest. It offers shelter, fire, and dry toilet.
6. Ramshyttan
Iron working has also played a big role in Ramshyttan.
The trail goes by the stream and village to where the smelt house stood.
After the smelt house closed, Ramshyttan was the administrative center of the large forests in Kilsbergen, owned by the Örebro paper industry.
Kvarndammen.
7. Sågställningsbottnarna
Just after the trail leaves the forest road north of Amboberget, it passes some very noteworthy shingle banks.
This area is called Sågställningsbottnarna.
These were created about 10,000 years ago by the splashing of waves in the early stages of the Baltic Sea (then called Yoldiahavet) when the land was
still depressed from melted inland ice.
Rökärrsstugan is always open for a visit and located by an old Kilsbergstorp.
8. Amboberget viewpoint
A marked trail goes from stage 7 of the Bergslag Trail to the mountain Amboberget. It is possible to continue south and connect to stage number 8.
In rocky pine forest around Skärmarbodabergen are plenty of cranberries.
9. Skärmarbodabergen
In Skärmarbodabergen there is a wondrous assortment of Ice Age remnants that are not found anywhere else in Örebro County.
There are steep, ice-sharpened mountain ledges, random dramatically placed boulders and blocks, ice- and water-cracked stones, sharp drop-offs and rock accumulations and caves.
The 400-year-old pine forest is one of the most protected in the county.
There are many hiking trails in the area, offering fun for the whole family.
The starting point for an outing to Skärmarbodabergen is just to the west of highway 50, after the Nora exit.
More information on the area can be found at the Bergslagsporten rest area, north of Mogetorp.
In Skärmarbodabergen is an accumulation of great ice-age memories, you can not Directly find anywhere else in Sweden. There are steep cliffs isslipade, individualists Dramatically placed boulders, ice and water blasted rock parties, sprickbranter and rock accumulations and caves.
At Mogetorp Coffee and food service, as well as overnight accommodations and shower. From here frequent buses to Örebro.
Accommodation and service stage 7
Transport
At the bus stop Cellar neck, heading 244 towards Nora, you can get off and walk on the trail that crosses the road. Mogetorp on Highway 50, served several times daily (Orebro - Nora).
Accommodation
Pershyttan is a heritage that should not be missed along the trail. Here we eat good homemade food at a party express next hut, take the steam train to the wooden town of Nora and lives in a small red house on a Bergsmansgård in Pershyttan. Your experience of the old Sweden's total.
For accommodation call the Gallery Victoria - 0707-814 46 0587-121 07
In Ramshyttan do you live nicely in a converted mews. The proprietress is rounder, making speech barracks into accommodation you will remember and return to. The surroundings are breathtaking and the village offers a wide summer program. Therefore, there is a risk that you stay longer than you intended.
For reservations: info@lenahellstrom.se, 0705-28 40 63
At Ramsjöns beach you will find an old village school, which today has become a home for the soul. Here you can enjoy nature and tranquility. It is Ragnar and Lena who will welcome you.
http://www.ramshyttan.eu 070-665 27 60
At Mogetorp, located adjacent to Highway 50, you will find an inn that has both good food and accommodation.
For reservations, call 019-28 20 71
Windbreaks
There are two shelters along the trail. At the stage start and at the mill pond adjacent Ramsjön. At these locations are both toilet and barbecue.
Water
At the stage start and milestones. You are also water in Pershyttan and Ramshyttan.
Food
To sit in Pershyttan on Kalas Expressen is a very pleasant dining experience. Both the food is homemade apple pie.
Mogetorp serves good food and has a nice accommodation. Contact, see above.
Other activities
Guided tours of Pershyttans cultural environment. see http://www.visitnora.se
Skärmarbodabergen caves at Mogetorp are well worth a visit. Rocks formations (about 120 pcs.) Are clear signs of nature from the last glacial melting. Information about guided tours can be found at: www.hopajola.se
Ramshyttan has several byaktiviteter in summer. Contact any of Lodging in Ramshyttan.
