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Winter trail in Urho Kekkonen NP, finnish Lapland

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Distance
84.18 mi
Elevation gain
4,843 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
4,944 ft
Max elevation
1,558 ft
TrailRank 
40
Min elevation
443 ft
Trail type
One Way
Coordinates
910
Uploaded
April 26, 2017

near Saariselka, Lappi (Suomi)

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Itinerary description

Back country skiing trail (with cross-country skiing equipment) :-)
- end of the March 2017
- hard snow (quite fast), day temperatures -8'C - -15'C, clear sky
- 9 days (8 nights)
- all stuff in carriage (really better than backpack)
- sleeping in open huts (see waypoints)
- honeymoon :-)

Waypoints

PictographMountain hut Altitude 883 ft
Photo ofSuomunruoktu (1. night)

Suomunruoktu (1. night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 892 ft
Photo ofLuirojärvi (2.night)

Luirojärvi (2.night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 1,010 ft
Photo ofHammaskuru (3. night) Photo ofHammaskuru (3. night)

Hammaskuru (3. night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 850 ft
Photo ofAnterinmukka (4. night)

Anterinmukka (4. night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 781 ft
Photo ofMuoravaarakka (5. night)

Muoravaarakka (5. night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 614 ft
Photo ofJyrkkävaara (6. night)

Jyrkkävaara (6. night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 558 ft
Photo ofPorttikoski (7. night) Photo ofPorttikoski (7. night)

Porttikoski (7. night)

PictographMountain hut Altitude 876 ft
Photo ofKivipää (8. night)

Kivipää (8. night)

PictographBus stop Altitude 1,004 ft
Photo ofSaariselkä (end)

Saariselkä (end)

PictographBus stop Altitude 1,053 ft
Photo ofKiilopää (start)

Kiilopää (start)

Comments  (2)

  • Photo of diego3883
    diego3883 Aug 13, 2018

    hi, is it possible to do your trail in winter with snowshoe?? tnx

  • Photo of Dormir en tienda campaña ben nevis
    Dormir en tienda campaña ben nevis Dec 11, 2020

    Thanks for sharing on wikiloc, this next year I had planned to travel to Finland and do a route with snowshoes and pulka, as long as the authorities allow it and it is safe, greetings from Barcelona, ​​Spain.

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