The main entrance at Nyvallen is accessible for visitors who use, for example, wheelchairs.
There is a hard‑packed gravel surface from the car park to Naturinformation Sonfjället, with its exhibition about the park. It is possible to enter the information cabin with a wheelchair, and there is also an outdoor toilet built to function for visitors with reduced mobility.

At the Valmen entrance, there is a rest area adapted for visitors with reduced mobility, and an accessible toilet.

Seasons in Sonfjället National Park

In winter, Sonfjället is fairly quiet. The animals from the mountain pasture (fäbod) have returned to the village, the bears are hibernating, and most visitors choose other times of the year. You may feel as though you are completely alone in the park, but in the snow you can spot tracks from wolverine, lynx, fox, marten, lemming and ptarmigan. If you visit the park in winter, you can go on a ski tour across an untouched mountain slope.

The fifth season, known as vårvintern (late winter), is a good time for skiing in the national park. The western slope of Gråsidan is a popular place to ski. You can also take a summit tour up Högfjället. There are marked winter trails leading from Råndalsvägen, Dalsvallen and Nyäter.

During winter and late winter, the road is ploughed up to Nyåsåtern, where the marked winter trails begin. You cannot reach Nyvallen by car until well into June, when the snow has melted and the road has dried out.

When winter turns into spring, the capercaillie begin their mating displays in the coniferous forest. In April, the bears also wake up and start searching for old berries, ants and carcasses. In spring it can be slippery and difficult to get around, especially on the boardwalks and trails.

In summer, all of Sonfjället is accessible, and you can set out to hike almost anywhere. In summer, most visitors choose Nyvallen as their starting point into the park. Several of the national park’s hiking trails start from here.

Autumn is the season of the bears. In good berry years, you may be lucky enough to see bears searching for crowberries in the mountains in September and October. They are particularly fond of crowberries.

Autumn is also the park’s grazing season. Nyvallens fäbod brings the livestock back to the village at the end of September, and the information cabin closes at that time. The road remains open until the first snows.