Ruka fell in Karhunkierros

Aug 3rd, 2009 by Juha Ylitalo

In our journey from Hautajärvi to Ruka, we still have Ruka fell as one last obstacle before sauna, bed, etc.
From navigation point of view, this is the place where you are most likely to get lost, because there are ski slopes and all kind of shorter trails with their trail marks. If you are able to follow trail marks, you should finally come to one of the lower peaks of Ruka (one with ski jump tower). If you get lost at somepoint or simply don’t want to climb anymore than you really have to, just look for signs to Rukahovi and you should be able to find pass between Ruka’s peaks to get to the other side and end point of Karhunkierros hiking trail.
If you don’t have any accomodation reserved, Rukahovi is nearest hotel to the gate. It is also one of the places, which should be able to get you bus ride into airport, if you are planning to fly home. If you are heading to airport, make sure that you dump all extra Marinol and/or Sinol, if you’ve been using alcohol based cooker on a trail, before you walk into airport’s security checkpoint. They probably wouldn’t be too happy to find them from your baggage.