Picture Galleries & Stories from my Hiking Trips and Journeys
The weather forecast couldn’t make it more clear: Up to plus 8°C and rain next week suggests that the skiing season is at its end. Yet, the snow is still great, so a skiing trip seamed unavoidable: Time for skiing to a to Hannukuru, in the middle of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park Continue reading “Via Rautuoja to Hannukuru: Last skiing trip this winter through Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park”
Earlier this year I got a new pair of skiers that should compromise between distance and downhill skiing, with a light telemark binding. Living near Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, I thought it might be a good idea to test the new equipment there before going for longer trips with it. Thus I decided to ski into Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, spend two nights in the Rautuoja open wilderness hut, and used the days to ski up and down the nearby fells Outtakka and Rautuvaara.
While the temperatures so far haven’t went over 2 or 3 degress plus, the forecast for the next week suggests that the skiing season will find an early end this spring. Time to enjoy a last trip into the nearby fell area, and to combine that with a sauna turn in Hannukuru, in the middle of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. Continue reading “Enjoying Sauna in Hannukuru – Last Skiing Trip for this Season?”
Today fog reduced the visibility significantly. Nonetheless, a short walk over lake Ounasjärvi revealed some fantastic views and provided some wonderful moments that I have been able to catch with my camera .. Continue reading “Fog on lake Ounasjärvi”
Since about one week the landscape here is covered with about ten centimeters of snow, thus also the Pyhäkero fell shines with its white cover over the lake Ounasjärvi. Because of the little snow coverage it is still possible to cycle, so I took my bike and went for a short trip to reach the summit of the white Pyhäkero. Continue reading “Pyhäkero in Autumn: Biking and Hiking in Snowy Landscape”
