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Winter Trekking Adventures
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RETREAT IN THE FELLS
WHEN: from November to April
DURATION: 5 days
MEETING: In Kittilä or Levi
DISTANCE: 25 km. Moderate level.
ENVIRONMENT: This Winter trekking adventure takes place in the wilderness quite far away from any urban infrastructure. It is mountainous and strongly exposed to winds. There is deep snow and/or icy grounds. Expect a 450 m elevation gain. There are three dry toilets available and three huts/cabins on the itinerary.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Be able to trek in a snowy, icy, and cold environment. Be able to hike the distances and elevation gains indicated below. Have a perfect physical condition. Be at ease with life in the wilderness.
992 euros/participant if 1 booking
781 euros/participant if 2 booking
748 euros/participant if 3+ booking
674 euros/participant (13-18 years old)
Price includes: the private mode of the trip (= not mixed with other people/groups), local transportation, the use of the trekking gear (backpacks, snowshoes, hiking poles, Arctic sleds, Winter sleeping bags, sustainable Kupilka dishware, thermos flasks...), all meals and snacks mentioned in the program (mainly organic and low quantity of processed food), accommodation in a standard guesthouse on night 1 and 4, accommodation in a mountain cabin on nights 2 and 3 including mattresses and pillows, guiding work, pictures, permits and taxes
Prices does not include: your clothing which must be adjusted to a trek in the polar cold (ask advice from the guide about the possibility of rent in town), your round trip home-Kittilä-home, alcohol, souvenirs
Payment: 20% at registration and full payment up to 45 days before departure. Bank transfer.
Discounts: Single parents, students, individuals in ministry, or clergy. Contact us.
Free of charge: All additional programs related to the specificity of our agency. On request.
THE EXPERIENCE TO LIVE: This is a time of quietness and slow exploration in the Arctic fells of one of the most beautiful national parks in Finland. Also, you get to rediscover the joys of simple life in the coziness of an authentic mountain cabin located in the middle of nowhere.
DAY 1:
- Welcome to Finnish Lapland!
- Private transportation to a guesthouse in downtown Kittilä.
- Installation and relaxing time.
- Delivery of the gear. Presentation of the trek.
- Introductive dinner outdoors on the banks of the Ounas River. Observation of the Northern lights weather permitting.
- Good night!
DAY 2:
- Breakfast and preparation for departure.
- About 1 hour road trip to get to the starting location of the trek. Preparation of the gear.
- Topo of the stage: snowshoeing / 6 km / 350 m elevation gain
- Our itinerary quickly takes us to the foot of the fells. At first we enjoy that trail sneaking between the many spruces and pine trees in the sound of a small torrent nearby. As we're gaining altitude that forest is replaced by scattered birch trees and soon the barren areas of (...) We take a break at a lovely Lappish hut where we eat lunch by a fireplace. We cover the last two kilometers until we get to the mountain cabin which will be our headquarters for the next two nights.
- Installation and relaxing time.
- Dinner. Observation of the Northern lights weather permitting.
- Good night!
DAY 3:
- Breakfast and preparation for the day.
- Topo of the stage: snowshoeing / 7 km / 150 m elevation gain
- We leave all our stuff at the cabin and go light to wander on the top of the nearby fells. It's not rare to spot Rock Ptarmigans in their white Winter camouflage and few reindeer. We take a break to admire the stunning view on the highest summits of the park and the gorge of (...) In the bottom of that small gorge we enter into an old hut and have lunch. Our trip continues and goes through a magnificent Winter garden when it has snowed enough and cold has been severe. The view on the snowy taiga will follow us until back to the cabin.
- Relaxing time.
- Dinner. Observation of the Northern lights weather permitting
- Good night!
DAY 4:
- Breakfast and packing.
- Topo of the stage: snowshoeing / 8 km / 150 m elevation gain
- We leave the cabin and hike to a Lappish hut where we leave our sleds. Today's special goal is to reach the top of (...) From the summit there is an amazing view on all the fells we have explored the last two days. We hike down and stop at the hut where we take lunch. We keep trekking and go back to the vehicle.
- Road trip back to Kittilä.
- Relaxing time and gear reviewing.
- Good night!
DAY 5:
- Breakfast and packing.
- Private transportation to the airport.
- End of the trek.
Note: Places are not mentioned in order to protect guide's work. More details are given when registration is complete.
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THE ICON OF THE FELLS
WHEN: from November to April
DURATION: 3 days
MEETING: In Kittilä or Levi
DISTANCE: 30 km. Moderate level.
ENVIRONMENT: This Winter trekking adventure takes place in nature but not too far away from an urban infrastructure. We progress in a fells and tundra environment. Those sites are potentially exposed to winds, deep snow and/or icy grounds. Expect a 650 m elevation gain in total. There are three dry toilets and three huts available on the itinerary.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Be able to trek in a snowy, icy, and cold environment. Be able to hike the distances and elevation gain indicated below. Have a perfect physical condition.
1474 euros/participant if 1 booking
995 euros/participant if 2 booking
829 euros/participant if 3+ booking
536 euros/participant (13-18 years old)
Price includes: the private mode of the trip (= not mixed with other people/groups), local transportation, the use of the trekking gear (backpacks, snowshoes, hiking poles, Arctic sleds, Winter sleeping bags, sustainable Kupilka dishware, thermos flasks...), all meals and snacks mentioned in the program, accommodation in a private wilderness cabin for two nights, sauna, guiding work, pictures, permits and taxes
Prices does not include: your clothing which must be adjusted to a hike in the polar cold (ask advice from the guide on the possibility to rent in town), your round trip home-Kittilä-home, your accommodation before and/or after the trek
Payment: 20% at registration and full payment 45 days before the departure by bank transfer
Discounts: Single parents, students, individuals in ministry or clergy. Contact us.
Free of charge: All additional programs related to the specificity of our agency. On request.
THE EXPERIENCE TO LIVE: You're taken to the most mountainous and tundra-like territory of Finnish Lapland where a lovely small wilderness cabin and a sauna tent host you for three days and two nights right in front of that famous fell that we will conquer with the excitement to wonder at one of the most breathtaking panoramas in the Far North.
DAY 1
- Departure early in the morning for a 2h30 road trip on "the Northern lights Highway". Morning snack on the way.
- Preparation of the gear
- 2 km hike in a forest of mountain birches up to the wilderness cabin located on a plateau
- Installation and lunch inside the cabin
- 8 km snowshoeing hike through the open spaces at the foot of the sacred mountain (150 m elevation gain) Snack in a Lappish hut.
- Authentic sauna time in the tent of Lappitrek
- Dinner and observation of the Northern lights
- Good night!
DAY 2:
- Breakfast and preparation for today's hike
- 2 km hike back to the vehicle. Short transfer to the starting point of the hike.
- 8 km snowshoeing round trip to the summit of the iconic mountain (450 m elevation gain)
- Lunch by the fireplace in a Lappish hut at a lower elevation
- Transfer and 2 km hike back to the cabin
- Relaxing time in Lappitrek's sauna tent
- Dinner and observation of the Northern lights
- Good night!
DAY 3:
- Breakfast and preparation for today's hike
- 5 km snowshoeing hike to "the gates of the white immensity" and its amazing landscapes of tundra
- Final lunch at the cabin and packing
- 2 km hike back the to the vehicle
- 2h30 road trip back to Levi and Kittilä.
- Goodbye dinner in a restaurant
- End of the trek
Note: Places are not mentioned in order to protect guide's work. More details are given when registration is complete.
THE WHITE IMMENSITY
WHEN: from February to April
DURATION: 6 days
MEETING: In Kittilä or Levi
DISTANCE: 45 km. Demanding.
ENVIRONMENT: In total wilderness, about 20 km away from a town, fells and tundra environment, sites exposed to winds, deep snow and/or icy grounds, 550 m elevation gain total, 4 eco-toilets available on the itinerary
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Demanding, ability to trek in a snowy, icy and cold environment, perfect physical condition, handles well the necessary efforts to climb the elevation gain indicated above, accepts with joy or curiosity some aspects of life in the wilderness
1979 euros/participant if 1 booking
1482 euros/participant if 2 booking
1299 euros/participant if 3+ booking
1143 euros/participant (13-18 years old)
Price including: the private mode of the trip (= not mixed with other people/groups), local transportation, the use of the trekking gear (backpacks, skis, snowshoes, hiking poles, Arctic sledges, Winter sleeping bags, sustainable Kupilka dishware, thermos flasks...), all meals and snacks mentioned in the program, accommodation in a hotel for two nights, accommodation in wilderness cabins for three nights, sauna, guiding work, pictures, permits and taxes
Prices not including: your clothing which must be adjusted to a trek in the polar cold (ask advice from the guide, possibility to rent in town), your round trip home-Kittilä-home, your accommodation before and/or after the trek
Payment: 20% at registration and full payment 30 days before the departure by bank transfer
Discounts: For children up to 18 years old, single parents, students, individuals in ministry or clergy. Contact us.
Free of charge: All additional programs related to the specificity of our agency. On request.
THE EXPERIENCE TO LIVE: This is a total wilderness adventure in an exceptional tundra environment. Every day you're bathed in a truly white desert where you powerfully get the emotion of the solitude and immensity of the place. This is also a world of amazing lights as you're trekking way beyond the Arctic Circle. Your whole life for four days is carried in a sledge going from one mountain cabin to another mountain cabin. We playfully alternate the use of backcountry skis also called sliding snowshoes and regular snowshoes.
DAY 1
- Welcome to Finnish Lapland at Kittilä airport or Kolari train station!
- Our adventure starts with an about 3 hours of driving on the long and remote roads of the Far North
- Arrival at the hotel. Installation and dinner.
- Preparation of the meals and gear for the trek
- Relaxing time and sauna
- Good night!
DAY 2:
- Breakfast and early departure.
- Topo of the stage: backcountry skiing / 16 km / 200 m elevation gain
- Our itinerary elevates into a forest of mountain birch trees until we cross the first frozen lake of our trip. We keep hiking up and we enter into a wide valley which narrows as we get closer to our final destination. Our wilderness cabin is on the other side of a remote lake facing a range of cliffs.
- Arrival at the cabin and installation
- Relaxing time
- Dinner and observation of the Northern lights weather permitting
- Good night!
DAY 3:
- Late breakfast and departure for the day
- Topo of the stage: snowshoeing / 8 km / 100 m elevation gain
- This is a day to explore the sacred mountain of the area from where you get a very nice view on the depth of the wilderness nature reserve we're trekking.
- Return to the cabin and relaxing time
- Dinner and observation of the Northern lights weather permitting
- Good night!
DAY 4:
- Breakfast and normal departure.
- Topo of the stage: snowshoeing and backcountry skiing / 11 km / 200 m elevation gain
- We make our own tracks and isolate ourselves on the top of the fells to wonder at the mountains of the neighboring countries that are Sweden and Norway. Then we hike down and reach out our next cabin located in the middle of the white immensity.
- Arrival to the cabin and installation
- Relaxing time
- Dinner and observation of the Northern lights weather permitting
- Good night!
DAY 5:
- Breakfast and normal time departure.
- Topo of the stage: backcountry skiing / 11 km / Less than 100 m elevation gain
- Our itinerary starts right away with an amazing section on a vast frozen lake until we navigate between fells, rivers and smaller lakes.
- Arrival at the hotel and installation
- Relaxing time in the sauna.
- Dinner and observation of the Northern lights weather permitting
- Good night!
DAY 6:
- Breakfast and normal time departure
- Road trip back to Levi and Kittilä
- Conclusion dinner in a restaurant in Levi
- End of the trek
Note: Places are not mentioned in order to protect guide's work. More details are given when registration is complete.
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