Rice Riding Trail – Riisintunturi National Park
Rice Riding Trail – Riisintunturi National Park
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Rice Riding Trail – Riisintunturi National Park
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4.70km
120m
Hiking
The Riisin rääpäsy circular trail takes you to the top of Riisitunturi fell. The national park of the same name is famous for its winter landscape. In the cold season, magical snow sculptures emerge from the snow-covered treetops. But the beautiful landscape also has its charms in summer.
You start from the parking lot into the extensive spruce forests. One of the spruces stands out from the forest: The tree only grows in width and no longer upwards. An information board nearby explains why. Then the landscape opens up. The trees are now widely spaced. You slowly hike up a well-trodden path to the Riisitunturi summit. From up here you have a great view over the landscape and the lake.
Return past the Ikkunalampi pond to the wooden Riisitunturi shelter. Hikers can stay overnight in the hut. There is wood and a fire pit so you could stop here for a BBQ break on your day trip. From the hut it is about two kilometers back to the parking lot.
Last updated: May 31, 2024
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Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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6 m
Riisitunturi National Park — Riisin Rietas Trailhead
Highlight • Trail
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364 m
Tapio's Table (Tapion Pöytä)
Highlight • Natural Monument
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1.78 km
Riisitunturi Summit
Highlight • Summit
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2.42 km
Ikkunalampi Pond
Highlight • Lake
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2.92 km
Wooden hut
Highlight • Mountain Hut
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4.70 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
2.92 km
1.72 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.63 km
1.51 km
554 m
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Unfortunately we weren't lucky with the weather and had to do the tour in rain and fog. It was still fun :)
Want more? You can find more information about nature and sights to the right and left of this hiking trail in my hiking book "Finland's National Parks - Hiking in the Pearls of the North". There you will find over 500 pages of accompanying background information on 1,000 kilometers on foot through all of Finland's national parks. My motto: "Walk - See - Understand". Write to me and ask!
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June 16, 2023
The Riisin rääpäsy circular trail takes you to the top of Riisitunturi fell. The national park of the same name is famous for its winter landscape. In the cold season, magical snow sculptures emerge from the snow-covered treetops. But the beautiful landscape also has its charms in summer.
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