Snowy peaks
And glaciers.
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Kebnekaise is Sweden's highest mountain, a rocky massif in Lapland topped by snowy peaks and glaciers, ringed by green glacial valleys with clear rivers and reindeer. Its name comes from the Sámi for «cauldron crest». The massif has two main peaks; the glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at 2,120 m, but its ice has melted and it has dropped 24 m in fifty years, so the ice-free northern peak, at 2,096.8 m, is now the highest. It lies about 150 km north of the Arctic Circle, near the long Kungsleden trail. Visitors hike about 19 km from Nikkaluokta to the Kebnekaise mountain station, from where some climb to the summit with a guide on a long day, while others simply walk the valleys. It is about 70 km in a straight line west of Kiruna. The weather changes fast, so only climb with a guide and in the summer season.
And glaciers.
And reindeer.
To stay.
Swedish Lapland, west of Kiruna
July to early September.
Yes, at least for the western route.