Luosto during Christmas and New Year 2025

Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava houses a fascinating nature exhibition on the nature and cultural history of Pyhä-Luosto National Park. Get your first taste of the area's deep ravines, high fell tops, and sacred sites of the ancient Forest Sámi people. Hiking information is available at the information point.

The Fell Lightscapes exhibition in the hut introduces visitors to the various seasons of the fell and the celestial phenomena of the Arctic sky. The scenic hut is located in a national park and can only be reached on foot or by snowshoeing. Distance about 2km. Book 30-45min for hiking as there are a lot of altitude differences on the way.

Uksakan Mökki deli -palvelu tuo helpon ja ylellisen ratkaisun mökkilomaan Sodankylän alueella. Tilaa maukas aamiaisen brunssi tai valmiit illalliset suoraan mökillesi – me hoidamme ruoan, sinä katat pöydän. Katso aamiaismenu alta.

This trip is particularly suitable for a family with children, or for people who want to enjoy the lappish wilderness without making it too "extreme".

I pick you from the location off your choice in Luosto, and we head for a 3 hours snowshoeing trip in the boreal forest around Luosto. Snowshoes are easy to use, and let us go off the beaten tracks. They are also relatively silent, and as we travel in very small group, the chance of seeing wildlife is real.

At some point during our trip, we'll have a break at a Laavu (lean-to-shelter), where you will discover the world famous finnish sausage ( a.k.a the vegetable of the real finnish man) grilled by yourself on the open fire. We'll also enjoy hot drinks and some pastry, before heading home. Maybe some friendly hosts of this woods will pay us a visit to share our food...

DURATION : about 3 hours

INCLUDES : private guide services, snowshoeing equipment, hot drinks, sausages and cookies.

Arctic Horizons is a small (actually one man!) company, offering private guided outdoor activities in Luosto, Lapland, since 2005.
Email : pascal@arctic-horizons.com

This program has been devised in order to combine the use of our "forest skis" and of snowshoes during the same trip.

I pick you from your hotel/cabin in Luosto, and we head for Pyhä-Luosto national park. During this trip, we will use the snowshoes in the steepest uphills, or if we meet some dense forest, but as soon as the terrain gets more flat or downhill, we'll put on the skis.

It takes only 1-2 minutes to change from one to the other, and you don't need to change shoes, because both our skiis and snowshoes are equipped with universal bindings (you can use regular hiking boots).

What is really good, is that if somebody feels uncomfortable with the skiis whenever we go downhill, it is possible to switch back to snowshoes, and have a slower descent! Note that, anyway, we will not do any extreme downhills ... The "forest skis" and the bindings are not adapted to free ride and crazy fast downhills !! This program is perfectly adapted for beginners, just let me know before, so I can adapt our trip to your tastes !

At some point during our trip, we stop around an open fire in order to grill the famous Finnish sausage, a traditional lappish pastry, and some hot drinks.

Duration : around 3,5 hours.

Includes : Private guide services, snowshoeing/skiing gear, "hot berry juice break" during our trip, light snack in a wilderness cafeteria at the end of our trip.

Important ! Each participant has to come with a backpack equipped with straps for carrying own skis/snowshoes!

Arctic Horizons is a small (actually one man!) company, offering private guided outdoor activities in Luosto, Lapland, since 2005.
Email : pascal@arctic-horizons.com

This program is devised for people who want to enjoy the Northern Lights from the best possible location, far away from the crowds, all the way to the top of the mountains!