Porontimajoki
Posted in Kuusamo on Jul 11th, 2009 12 Comments »
Our next stop in Karhunkierros hike is actually couple hundred meters away from hiking trail, but there are good signs and path that will guide you to Porontimajoki wilderness cabins. Instead of one big cabin, Porontimajoki has two small cabins, which have space for eight people (four people in each). At least I personally like this solution whole lot more than idea of big cabin, because small cabins gives you so much more freedom on what temperature you want to keep inside, when you want to go to sleep and wake up. In case cabins are full, Porontimajoki also has lean-to shelter and flat ground under spruce trees for tents. If you are only making short visit in Porontimajoki before heading to Ruka (16km along trail), you might still want to fill your water bottles in here, eat some food and check old mill, which is partly built above the river.
I’ve visited Porontimajoki twice. My first visit was just lunch break around midday in 2005. On my second visit in 2007, I had reserved more time for visit so that I would get opportunity to take long exposure photographs from river. This second visit was also one of the two times, when I’ve actually slept in wilderness cabins, which are placed on Karhunkierros hiking trail.
More photographs from Porontimajoki
This article was originally published on May 2008 as my entry for letter P in ABC Wednesday.
