Climbing to higher grounds
Posted in Kuusamo on Jul 12th, 2009 Comments Off
With one exception, all the hills and fell in Karhunkierros hiking trail are within last 15km before Ruka. When you leave from Porontimajoki, it almost feels like trail just keeps on climbing to higher and higher. While hiking to uphill can be frustrating, you should keep in mind that your pack is already whole lot lighter from food than what it was in the beginning and by the end of day, you can walk into hotel (Rukahovi is right next to exit gate). If you have forgot to reserve accommodation for yourself (or your group), now might be good time to dig mobile phone from a pack and start making those phone calls. If this is not enough to get your spirits up, you start seeing taxi ads whenever trail crosses a normal road.
While taxi could sound as a nice way to get back into civilization, I would like to encourage to you keep on walking, because hilltops offer you wonderful view to surrounding landscape and you start to realise why travel agencies like to advertise Finland as land of thousands lakes.
More photographs from hills
