Aurinkoreitti
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Easy, 27 km, traditional style
Route: Liikuntakeskus (sports centre) - Puutteenkylä - Raatesalmi - Lahtela - Mustaniemi - Ronkainen - Liikuntakeskus
Connections to the route: Kuusamo town, Muovaara and Iivaara
Services: Lap hut café in Puutteenkylä, lean to shelter in Raatesalmi, lap hut in Lahtela.
Cafés: Lap hut café in Puutteenkylä
Resting places with tables: Kirkkosaari, Kumpusaari, Ronkainen and Torankijärvi
Maintenance: with snow mobile
Iivaara
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Rather difficult, 40 km, traditional style
Route: Iivaara - Kemilä - Mustavaara - Lahtela - Liikuntakeskus (sports centre)
Connections to the route: Aurinkoreitti, Kuusamo town, Muovaara and skiing tracks including illuminated track at Iivaaran Eräkeskus
Services: Lap hut in Lahtela, Mustavaara and Marjovaara, lean to shelter in Iivaara, day cabin in Näätälampi and Iivaaran Eräkeskus
Maintenance: with snow mobile
Juuma
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Easy, 19 km, traditional style
Route: Saarua - Virkkula - Juuma
Connections to the route: Oulanka, Säkkilä, Käylä and Ruka
Services: Lap hut in Virkkula, day cabin in Porontimajoki and café at camping place in Juuma
Maintenance: with snow mobile
Skiing tracks in town
These tracks are available during the whole cross-country skiing season both with traditional style and skating style.
Classification: Easy.
Petäjälampi: 1 km, 2 km and 3 km, in addition 5,4 km illuminated track
Tolpanniemi: 1,5 km, in addition 2,5 km illuminated track
Munakka: 3 km and 5 km
Track around the town 17 km
Mäkelä: 12 km, starting point from illuminated track in Petäjälampi
Connections to the route: Aurinkoreitti / Iivaara, Muovaara, Nissinvaara / Ruka and Oivanki
Services: Sokos Hotel Kuusamo, Restaurant Martina, Holiday Club Kuusamon Tropiikki, Hotel Kultainen Joutsen
Cafés: Liikuntakeskus (sports centre), bowling hall, Tourist and Nature Centre Karhuntassu, Kuusamon Leipomotuote
Rest places with tables: Toranki- and Kuusamojärvi, western part of Nilojärvi lake
Kouervaara
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Rather difficult, 40 km, traditional style
Route: Talvijärvi (Ruka) - Salminen - Kouervaara - Vasaraperä - Oivanki Youth Center
Connections to the route: Ruka, illuminated tracks in Vasaraperä and Taivallahti, Nissinvaara / Kuusamo town
Cafés: Oivanki Youth Center, Kuontivaara (Saturday - Sunday)
Lap huts in Könkäänniemi, Kouervaara, Salminen, Kuontivaara and lean to shelter in Kouerpuro
Maintenance: with snow mobile
Käylä
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Easy, 33 km, traditional style
Route: Juuma - Säkkilä - Käylä - Takkusalmi - Ruka
Connections to the route: Oulanka, Ruka, Kitka
Cafés in Säkkilä, Juuma, Käylä
Maintenance: with snow mobile
Muovaara
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Rather difficult, 30 km, traditional style
Route: Petäjälampi - Saapunki - Hangasjärvi - Muovaara - Törmäsenvaara
Connections to the route: Kuusamo town, Nissinvaara, Iivaara, Aurinkoreitti and illuminated track in Sossonniemi
Cafés: Lap hut café in Mäkelä
Maintenance: with snow mobile
Nissinvaara
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Easy, 22 km, traditional and skating style
Route: Petäjälampi - Nissinvaara - Mäkelä - Petäjälampi
Connections to the route: Oivanki / Kouervaara, Kuusamo town, Ruka / Rukajärvi, Muovaara / Iivaara
Cafés:Lap hut café in Mäkelä (Saturday - Sunday)
Lap huts in Nissinvaara and Kapustavaara
Oivanki
This track is available during the whole cross-country skiing season both with traditional and skating style.
Classification: Rather difficult, 19 km
Route: Oivanki Youth Center - Pulkkajärvi - Nissinvaara - Oivanki Youth Center
Other routes: illuminated track 5 km, 6 km in Pitkälampi, "Skiing land" for children (incl. 2 km track)
Connections to the route: Kouervaara, Ruka / Rukajärvi, Kuusamo town / Nissinvaara
Cafés: Oivanki Youth Center, Pulkkajärvi, at school in Rukajärvi
Lap hut in Nissinvaara
Wilderness track in the Oulanka National Park
Available 15.2. - 30.4.
Classification: Difficult, 23 km, traditional style. Be prepared to carry skis occasionally.
Route: Juuma - Oulanka National Park Visitor Center
Wilderness huts Jussinkämppä and Ansakämppä
Cafés: Oulanka National Park Visitor Center, Juuma Camping
Maintenance: with snow mobile. Maintenance on Fridays and in the beginning of the week if needed.
Ruka
Routes suitable both for traditional and skating style
- International ski stadium; Classification: Difficult, 5 km, 7,5 km and 10 km
- Hotel Rantasipi Rukahovi - Uuttusuo - Saarua and forth; Classification: Rather difficult, 11 km, illuminated track
- Hotel Rantasipi Rukahovi - Pyhävaara - Rukajärvi - Uuttusuo - Hotel Rantasipi Rukahovi; Classification: Difficult, 17 km
- Saarua - Valtavaara - Saarua; Classification: Difficult, 10 km
- Saarua - Vuosseli - Saarua; Classification: Easy 12 km
- Talvijärvi - Salmilampi - Viipusjärvi; Classification: Easy, 6 km, 10 km, 15 km
Connections to the route from Konttainen, Kesäjärvi, Kitka, Käylä, Juuma, Kouervaara, Ruka / Kuusamo town
International Ski Stadium: locker rooms
Cafés: Hotel Rantasipi Rukahovi, RukaKlubi, KotiPizza, Restaurant Piste, Pitäjän Pirtti, Riipisen Riistakahvila, Pizzeria Ruka, Vuosseli pirtti
Lap huts in Uuttusuo, Valtavaara, Vuosseli and Viipus
Cafés along the route: Rukajärven koulu (school), lap hut cafés in Uuttusuo, Kuontivaara and Viipus (Saturdays-Sundays)
MORE INFORMATION
Kuusamo Info
puh. 0203 3700 22
info@kuusamo.fi
Ruka Info
puh. 08-8600 200
info@ruka.fi
