Re: skitouring trip in Finland- need advice :)

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 (1:50000, 1:25000). Can you recommend something?
>
> All updated Finnish trekking maps have GPS grids so you can easily get the
> coordinates from the map. Official supplier for the trekking maps is
company
> called Genimap. www.genimap.fi
>
> Their web pages are in English too. They will mail the maps out of country
> too. Just be sure that you have correct settings in your GPS. It's quite
> impossible to say the correct settings now because I have no information
> about the maps you'll use.
>
> The most important thing is that you can't trust your GPS too much. It's
> just a backup and you should _always_  know how to find the hut without
the
> GPS.
>
> My suggestion for the place would be UK national park near town called
> "Saariselkä". If you want, you can do short trips from the town or you can
> do long trips staying in the huts. One choice would be a easy bus
connection
> from Helsinki to place called "Kiilopää". It's sort of a "outdoor center"
> there.
>
> Here are few links about that area:
> http://www.saariselka.fi/eng/index.html
> http://www.suomenlatu.fi/kiilopaa/ (notice the PDFs in English)
>
> I hope you have a nice trip.

This area (Saariselkä) is much used by norwegian skiers from Finnmark early
in the skiing season.


-- 
Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes


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