FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER 2005
Take a break from the winter blues and dream away to your summer adventure! Let us help you start planning for your vacation with our 2005 trip schedule. Remember, our self-guided biking adventures can start any day throughout the summer!
Svea Adventures 2005 Trip Schedule
Enjoy the last days of winter and look forward to brighter and longer days!
- Linda
Svea Adventures
FEATURED TRIP OF THE MONTH
NORDIC SAGA HORSEBACK ADVENTURE - July 4-8, 2005
Join us on a journey through deep fairytale forests on big, fury, north Swedish horses. This region is known for its mythology and legend and our adventure is taken right out of a nordic saga, with trolls luring in the woods, as we make our way through the southern Swedish highlands. We combine comfortable farmhouses with a night camping under the stars and enjoying a wilderness gourmet feast. Come join us!
Read more about this adventure:
Nordic Saga Horseback Adventure
Continued: The Seven Principles of Leave No Trace
The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wildlands. You can read more about Leave No Trace and how to become a member by visiting www.lnt.org
Principle nr 2: Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces.
- Durable surfaces include established trails and campsites, rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow.
- Protect riparian areas by camping at least 200 feet from lakes and streams.
- Good campsites are found, not made. Altering a site is not necessary.
- In popular areas:
- Concentrate use on existing trails and campsites.
- Walk single file in the middle of the trail, even when wet or muddy.
- Keep campsites small. Focus activity in areas where vegetation is absent.
- In pristine areas:
- Disperse use to prevent the creation of campsites and trails.
- Avoid places where impacts are just beginning
What are some of the things Svea Adventures does to follow this principle?
On some of our trips, like Raven's Eye Horseback Adventure and Raven's Eye Hiking Adventure, we travel through roadless and trail-less areas. In these regions, we make a point of spreading out and not walking single-file in order to minimize the amount of impact that one particular area gets. One set of foot prints do a lot less damage than 10 on a row.
On the trips where we camp, we have established campgrounds where we have set up either permanent wooden yurts, or temporary tents. Whenever we use temporary tents, these are always pitched in the same and most durable areas so that we keep from expanding the used surfaces.
How can you make a difference?
One habit that many people tend to get into when they're hiking in the spring time or after a rain storm, is to walk around the mud and puddles instead of walking through them. What starts out as a small muddy section soon turns into a big mud field, since everyone that passes through keeps walking around the initial puddle and making the section wider and wider. Remember to wear good shoes and walk through the mud or puddle rather than around it, and you can help prevent damage to the trails.
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