The moose migration through Skåbu

When spring finally arrives in Skåbu, something very special begins to stir in the Skåbu mountains.

In May, the moose migration starts. Large, calm shadows move slowly through the landscape – from winter areas to summer pastures. The moose follows the same old trails year after year, as if nature itself remembers the way. It is beautiful, powerful and fascinating!

What happens here in the area around Skåbu is actually considered one of Europe's largest and most unique moose migrations. Scientists and countryside rangers believe the migration has been going on for thousands of years. Old trapping pits along the migratory trails tell us that people hunted moose here even before the Viking Age – perhaps all the way back to the Stone Age.

In the early mornings, you can feel the calm silence before you suddenly see them: a cow with a calf, a young bull stopping between the birch trunks, or several animals slowly migrating across the marshes and rivers as the fog lifts. There is something unique about experiencing this up close – a magical and quiet natural history that's almost a little adventurous.

Skåbu has always been characterised by the interaction between people, mountain forests, wild reindeer and moose migration. The moose migration is a fundamental part of how the moose survives throughout the year, and that is precisely why the moose's biological pattern and rhythm should be permanently protected.

The moose migration is a living trace from an ancient natural history that still plays out in front of us every single spring!