Kanjon

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Kanjon is the Great Outdoors at E10, 981 07 Abisko, Sweden, located in Abisko National Park

Kanjon, Swedish for canyon, is the popular name for the Abisko gorge. Here the river Abiskojåkka drops through a narrow slot in the bedrock just before reaching Torneträsk. It lies beside the E10 and only a short stroll from the Abisko mountain station, one of the most easily reached beauty spots in the area. The river has cut deep into layered, colourful rock. Dolomite and marble in the walls lend the fast water an unusual milky, turquoise cast, at its most powerful during the early-summer snowmelt. Footbridges span the gorge at several points, offering vertiginous views straight down into the churn, and the paths connect with the start of the Kungsleden. It is a fine place to watch the sky, too, at around 68°N within the clear skies of the Abisko blue hole. On dark winter nights the aurora arcs overhead above the frozen gorge.