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Experience a full-day backcountry ski expedition from Rovaniemi on Altai skis. Learn skinning, pulka packing and expedition basics while traversing Lapland’s snowy forests and hills.
Experience a full-day backcountry ski expedition from Rovaniemi on Altai skis. Learn skinning, pulka packing and expedition basics while traversing Lapland’s snowy forests and hills.
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Operated by Nordic Odyssey · Rovaniemi, Lapland
Dawn softens the horizon as a small group straps on broad Altai skis and shouldersees a pulka sleigh into a white silence. Snow muffles footsteps and the forest opens into rolling hills; the guide points the line, and the group begins to hike on skins toward a distant ridge where a panoramic view waits.
moderate.
6 hours.
Moderate fitness: able to sustain steady uphill skinning and handle short carries while pulling a pulka.
No advanced experience is required—this trip is adapted to beginners, though basic balance and willingness to learn skinning technique are helpful.
Yes—the tour provides Altai skis, poles and a pulka; bring compatible warm boots and personal layers.
Temperatures vary; dress in layers with an insulating midlayer and windproof outer shell, plus warm gloves and head protection.
Guides select safe routes for this introductory expedition and teach avalanche awareness; however conditions change, and instructors carry safety equipment as needed.
The landscapes around Rovaniemi sit on the ancient Fennoscandian Shield and intersect areas long used by Sámi reindeer herders; backcountry travel here follows routes shaped by those seasonal movements.
Stick to established routes and avoid disturbing lichens and reindeer grazing areas; pack out all waste—Arctic soils and vegetation recover slowly from damage.
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