The following are not included in the tour price:

• Flights to/from Tromso
• Travel insurance
• Snacks, drinks and personal expenses
• Tips for your guides (optional)

This trip will run with a minimum of 1 person, and a maximum of 8.

Sure can! A lot of people do, it’s a great way to meet like-minded people.

In the accommodation at Kilpisjärvi, you will enjoy continental buffet dinners and breakfasts. Whilst you're on the tour, lunch is typically a dehydrated menu, prepared by adding water and dinners will be prepared by the guide in the huts' simple kitchens.

All dietary requirements can be accommodated so please let us know when booking.

This tour can be organised from early December to mid-May.

In Kilpisjärvi, the polar night lasts from 1st December to 13th January, during which time the sun does not rise at all, but there is civil daylight between 9:00 and 15:00. This is the most demanding time to take on this tour.

Until early February, the temperatures can occasionally drop below -40°C) but with the spring, they start increasing slowly and the days get longer. In March, temperatures will reach -10°C. In fact, you'll need to bring goggles and suncream in the spring to avoid burning.

Your guide suggests that you bring:

• Shoes that fit Rottefella NNN BC binding*
• Technical underwear
• Mid-layers
• Shell-layers (windproof without lining): jacket, long shell pants
• Skiing mittens
• Hat
• Wool balaclava
• Sunglasses/skiing goggles
• Winter boots/warm hiking boots
• Backpack
• Torch
• Small Towel
• Personal Medication
• A good drinking thermos of about 1 litre capacity

*Available to rent locally for an additional 50 euros price (paid locally). Please confirm this in advance to ensure they are available.

Your guide will provide:

• Skis
• Poles
• Bindings
• Sleeping bags, liners, and closed cell mattresses
• Eating utensils
• Shovels
• Food thermoses (for lunch during the tour)
• Tents (this is safety precaution for sudden blizzards)
• Pulkkas (sleds, there is one shared by two people, so you can take turns dragging it)

You will be using Fischer E109 Easyskin Xtralite skis.

Please note you will need shoes that fit Rottefella NNN BC binding. It is possible to rent a pair for an additional 50 euros (paid locally). Please confirm with in advance if you need this, to organise the shoes.

You will be doing Umpihankihiitoa which is a form of Finnish nordic off-track skiing for travelling over wilderness terrain in winter. A cross between cross-country skiing and ski touring, it involves uphill and downhill travel, away from the ski resorts.

Your days will involve skiing an average of 20km and climbing no more than 700m. While there are downhill periods to look forward to, particularly on the way back, the decline is very gradual and there are no steep sections.

Here is a day by day breakdown of the skiing from a February 2019 trip:

Sunday:
21 km, + 465 m altitude gain, mainly in a snowmobile track (at least later in the season) (8 hrs and 17 minutes moving + lunch); typically considered amongst top 2 hardest days on the tour

Monday:
20,5 km, + 313 m altitude gain (and about 377 m downhill during the course of the day), half of the day following a snowmobile track, half without; (6:55 hrs moving + lunch), typically considered an easier day

Tuesday:
15,7 km, +678 m altitude gain (and 466 m downhill), mostly on easy snow; going to the summit without pulkkas, so most of the climbing (about 450 meters) is easy. About 6 hours on the move (+lunch). Considered medium easy day

Wednesday:
17 kilometres, just flat and downhill on typically easy snow, 5,5 hrs skiing, generally considered the easiest day of the tour excluding Friday

Thursday:
23 km, + 300 m altitude gain, without snowmobile tracks on a medium to challenging snow, 9 hrs moving (+lunch); generally considered amongst top 2 hardest days on the tour

Friday:
15 km, + 150 m altitude gain (and 250 m downhill), on an easy snow, about 4 hrs of moving

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Your guide is a certified wilderness guide but in conjunction to this, he holds certificates in: advanced first aid (Finnish FA2), advanced remote emergency care (British REC2), hunter's license, travel industry worker's safety passport (MATUPA), food hygiene as well as being an expert in the evaluation process of future wilderness guides.

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This trip is suitable for trekkers and hikers who want to challenge themselves in the Arctic conditions, are fit and have some experience skiing. Some past skiing or cross-country skiing experience is required as you will be in remote regions travelling on skis for 7 days. You will take turns pulling a sled weighing 30kg, and you will cover an average 20km/day, climbing no more than 600m. An average male (of 75kg) can expect to burn 4000-6000 kcal of energy per each day.

Yes, any excess luggage you have with you can be safely left at Kilpisjärvi Hiking centre at the start of the trip

Afraid not, this group adventure is adult only so not suitable for children.

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