FINLAND, Rajalta Rajalle Hiihto
Border to Border Skiing Across Finland
"От границы до границы на лыжах" (лыжный пробег по Финляндии от российской до шведской границы)
March 10-16, 2016, 1-st shift (RR1)
410 km in 7 days (42 + 60 + 57 + 87 + 49 + 60 + 55)
Suorojarvi - Petajalampi (Kuusamo) - (bus) - Oijusluoma - Jokijarventi - (bus) -Taivalkoski - Pikku-Syote - Ranua - Hosio - Honkamaa - (bus) - Jokikeskus - (bus) - Kallinkangas - Karunki (Swedish border)
Official web-site, Rajalta Rajalle Hiihto on Facebook, info in Russian (M. Afanasenkov)
My report in LiveJournal (in Russian)
Garmin statistics: day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7
Skiing route scheme (buses excluded):
Before the Start (Oivanki)
 March 9. |
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 March 10. |
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Day 1 (March 10, 2016), Suorojarvi - Petajalampi, 42 km
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 Dmitry Antipov. |
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 Service 2 (Uuttusuo). |
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 Ivan Rakhchev. |
 Day 1 finish (Petajalampi, hotel Tropiikki). |
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 Hotel Tropiikki. |
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 Hotel Tropiikki. |
Day 2 (March 11, 2016), Oijusluoma - Jokijarventie, 60 km
 Day 2 start (Oijusluoma). |
 Service 2 (Kasma). |
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 Service 3 (Sarkela). |
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 Service 3 (Sarkela). |
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 Taivalkoski, hotel Herkko. |
 Taivalkoski, hotel Herkko. |
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 Taivalkoski, hotel Herkko. |
Day 3 (March 12, 2016), Taivalkoski - Pikku-Syote, 57 km
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 Service 1 (Porraslammen kangas). |
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 Evgenii Lebedev. |
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 Service 2 (Ooka-Stoppi). |
 Service 2 (Ooka-Stoppi). |
 Service 4 (Naamanka). |
 Service 4 (Naamanka). |
 Service 4 (Naamanka). |
 Pikku-Syote ski lift. |
 Pikku-Syote ski lift. |
 Dmitry Antipov at the top of Pikku-Syote fell. |
 Tatiana Vorobieva. |
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 Hotel Pikku-Syote. |
 Pikku-Syote. |
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 Hotel Pikku-Syote. |
Day 4 (March 13, 2016), Pikku-Syote - Ranua, 87 km
 Day 4 start (Pikku-Syote). |
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 Service 2 (Rytinki). |
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 Service 3 (Kelankyla). |
 Service 3 (Kelankyla). |
 Service 3 (Kelankyla). |
 Service 3 (Kelankyla). |
 Ranua, hotel Ilveslinna. |
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 Ranua, hotel Ilveslinna. |
 Ranua, hotel Ilveslinna. |
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 Ranua, hotel Ilveslinna. |
Day 5 (March 14, 2016), Ranua - Hosio, 49 km
 Ranua, lake Ranuanjarvi. |
 Ranua, lake Ranuanjarvi. |
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 Service 1 (Kivijoki). |
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 Service 1 (Kivijoki). |
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 Service 2 (Ruona). |
 Service 2 (Ruona). |
 Service 2 (Ruona). |
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 Day 5 finish (Hosio). |
 Day 5 finish (Hosio). |
 Recovery drink :-) |
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 Hosio. |
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 Ruona, village house. |
 Ruona. |
 Ruona. |
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 Ruona. |
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 Ruona. |
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 Ruona. |
Day 6 (March 15, 2016), Hosio - Honkamaa, 60 km
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 Service 1 (Tainijoki). |
 Service 1 (Tainijoki). |
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 Day 6 finish (Honkamaa). |
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 Honkamaa. |
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 Honkamaa. |
 Apartment hotel Jokikeskus. |
 Jokikeskus. |
 Jokikeskus. |
Day 7 (March 16, 2016), Kallinkangas - Karunki, 55 km
 Service 2 (Lautamaa). |
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 Day 7 finish (Karunki). |
 Finish! |
 Day 7 finish (Karunki). |
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 Karunki. Torne (Tornio) river, forming the Swedish-Finnish border. |
 Karunki, Torne river shore. |
 Tornio. |
 Tornio. |
 Tornio. |
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 Torne River Railway Bridge, |
 a dual gauge railway bridge between Haparanda (Sweden) and Tornio (Finland) |
 The 1524 mm rails are used for Finland, the 1435 mm rails are used for Sweden. |
 Park Hotel Tornio. |
 Park Hotel Tornio. |
 Park Hotel Tornio. |