Cross-country skiing

Period:

a. 11.-19.2.2012

b. 25.2.-4.3.2012

c. 3.-11.3.2012 FULLY BOOKED!!

d. 17.-25.3.2012 only one place left!

e. 24.3.-1.4.2012

f. 31.3.-9.4.2012 Easter tour

Group size:

6 - 12 persons

Price:

a.-e. 1045 €
f. 1145 € Easter tour

If you bring your own skies we reduce 30 EUR from the tour price.

Single room:

128 EUR

Additional days:

65 EUR with full board and skies, transfers not included.
Transfer to airport 150 EUR.

Includes:

On the arrival day, Saturday; group transfer from airport Kuopio about at 18.00. Return on Sunday; group transfer to airport Kuopio at about 9.00 for the flight about 11 hours.

(24.3. arrival at Joensuu 17.15, 1.4. depart from Joensuu at 12.30)

Accommodation at various guesthouses (Puukarin Pysäkki, Laitalan Lomat and Pihlajapuu) in double rooms, full board, skies and ski shoes (please inform your size), sauna every day, luggage transport, guidance. The group is an international group. The guidance will be in English and in German! One or two guides per group.

Physical condition needed:

Skiing experience and good condition to ski max. 30 km/day.
We advice you to ski in your home country or elsewhere before you take part in our skiing tour.
A lot of team spirit!


Our skiing track is a nature track made by snowmobile. So in case of a hard wind and snow storm we cannot guarantee the track stays open all the time. Sorry about the inconvenience!

You can also bring your own ski boots with you. We have SNS and NNN bindings in our skies. Please inform what type of boots you have.

unterwegs auf der Skiwanderung

Cross-country skiing in North Karelia

on track Set out for a tour by ski to the idyllic countryside of North Karelia.

Snow, white forests and frozen lakes; February and March are the best times of the year for skiing in North Karelia. The sun is shining, the snow glistens, the frozen lakes and hills are covered with a thick coat of snow.

Daily skiing tour is between 15 and 30 km and 6 to 8 hours with breaks. You should already be able to ski and have a good condition, you also get fitter every day! We´ll eat sandwiches and chocolate and drink hot tea or berry juice on the breaks. Please bring your own rucksack and thermos flask with you.

It is quiet in the forests. Sometimes you can see hare footprints or even elk footprints crossing our ski track.

In the evening you can have a sauna and cool-off in the snow. You also get to know typical Finnish homemade delicacies and after a good night sleep you are fit to ski again.

Map of the route

Program
1st day Arrival at Karelian Guesthouse Puukarin Pysäkki, in Valtimo (about 150 km transfer from airport Kuopio). Dinner and getting to know the fellow-skiers.
http://www.nnc.fi/puukarinpysakki/index_eng.html
2nd day Getting to know the skies, skiing tour around Paalajanvaara in the afternoon, 8 km. Accommodation in Puukarin Pysäkki.
3rd day Starting the tour by skiing through forests and fields and along lakes, 26 km. We grill sausages by the campfire on our pause. Accommodation in Laitalan Lomat.
http://laitalanlomat.com/Fin/index_fin.htm
4th day The house ski track of Laitalan Lomat, 16 km. Getting to know the reindeers of Laitala! Accommodation in Laitalan Lomat.
5th day Skiing along variable terrain to Guesthouse Pihlajapuu, 27 km. We make a pause inside in a farmhouse. Our host and hostess in the farmhouse are very nice and genuine Finnish persons. Accommodation from now on is at Pihlajapuu.
http://www.aksytammat.fi/uk/rowantree.html
6th day Skiing tour from Pihlajapuu to Guesthouse Männikkölän Pirtti where we taste the famous Karelian pies of Ritva hostess. After a nice pause we continue our skiing tour to Bomba house. At Bomba we visit the main building with a souvenir shop. Most of the ski track is on the fourth biggest lake of Finland, Lake Pielinen. 19 km.
From Bomba house a transfer back to Pihlajapuu. Accommodation at Pihlajapuu.
7th day We make a short skiing tour to Nälkömäki (12 km). In the evening smoke sauna at Minna's and dinner (glow-fried salmon) at Pihlajapuu.
8th day This day is your day of voluntary program. You can stay at Pihlajapuu and take a day-off or you can try the snow shoes by yourselves. As well you can book extra program by additional price; husky safari, ice fishing salmon, getting to know Finnhorses etc. Ask for the alternatives!
9th day Group transfer to aiport. Time to say hei, hei!