travel and rhum

We (two people) will be going to Sweden in the last two weeks of May. Our plan so far is to do about 10-12 days of hiking, but as it's not in the main season I'm having some trouble finding trail recommendations for that time.

We would've loved to do a section of Kungsleden but I read that it's definitely not recommended in May as it can be quite dangerous with the high rivers and melting snow.

Do you have some hike/trail recommendations we can do in late May (10-12 days)? All parts of Sweden are welcome. I consider ourselves intermidiate hikers, we're quite fit but we do not have a lot of advanced and specialised gear. We like sleeping in a tent, so huts and cabins on the way are not necessary, but would be welcome. We have water filters and portable gas burners for food.

I did the High Coast trail a few years back and am super excited to do a longer trail.

Thanks you!!!

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So, up untill now i used GaiaGPS as my to go hiking app.
The 28,93€ per year were a good deal for what i needed, mostly:

– the ability to create custom trails on the computer following the routes i wanted to, not those suggested by the app;

– the ability to put Points of Interest in the map, with different icons (like ruins, water, hut);

– custom routes easy to see on the overworld map;

– offline maps;

– an elevation graphic of the custom route;

Before GaiaGPS i used ViewRanger, i switched app when Outside bought it and removed the original app. I went with Gaia because it was the most similiar to VR.

Now GaiaGPS, that in the meantime has been bought by Outside too, is going toward a price increase of more than 100% (it will cost 70€ per year).
I firmly refuse to let them rob me.
But still i will need another app for my hikes.
I usually hike in northern Italy, Austria and Slovenia.

Suggestions?

Hi all, wanted to get some advice! I'm a fairly seasoned hiker/backpacker. I grew up at ~2000 ft of elevation, but I live at sea level now. I frequently go on weekend day hikes in which I drive from sea level to 6000+ ft, then hike to 8000-12000 ft in a day and return home to sea level. I am young and fit (early twenties). I have just recently learned that the dangers of altitude can affect people at even the (relatively) low altitudes of 12,000 . . . what do you guys think? Are these hikes dangerous, and have I just been lucky? Is my young age protecting me? I have never (to my knowledge) felt altitude sick, but I have had my hands swell after a 10 hour day of hiking at altitude (though I always thought that was normal). Thanks for the insight!