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On this page we update info about ice conditions in winter time. On the Linnansaari ice route there is sometimes great skating conditions and some years perfect snow conditions for skiing or snow shoeing.
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2/15/2025 9:00 AM

Linnansaari café is open

The skating route between Oravi-Savonselkä lake hut-Linnansaari-shipway is open (circa 10 km/one way). The route has been ploughed and planed this morning. The weather forecast for today is about 10 degrees below zero and 4m/s wind. The Linnansaari crêpes café will be open from 11-15 and the equipment rental and shop-café in Oravi from 9-17. A soup lunch will be served at the Oravi café from 11.

2/14/2025 9:00 AM

Tour skating or skiing

Today the weather forecast promises half cloudy frosty day (around -9 degrees Celsius). The skating route is open from Oravi to Linnansaari and from there to the shipway (approx. 10 km/one way). Oravi’s traditional cross-country ski track (3,5 km) is open. Oravi's equipment rental shop has tour skates and kick sledges for rent from 9-17 and the route fee you can buy in the same place. Oravi's shop-café serves savory and sweet treats from 9-17 and also serves a soup lunch from 11am onwards.

Winter hiking trail history

Marking of the winter hiking trail starts when the ice is thick enough. The hiking trail will open in December-January. Here you can see the statistics on how the winter hiking trail has been open for the last 10 years. By browsing through the entries in the diary you can see more precisely when you have been able to skate and when you have not been able to skate on the winter hiking trail.

7.12.2023-31.3.2024
3.1.2023-8.4.2023
23.12.2021-8.4.2022
19.1.2021-3.4.2021
9.1.2020-24.3.2020
23.12.2018-29.3.2019
10.1.2018-3.4.2018
28.12.2016-13.4.2017
2.1.2016-2.4.2016
26.12.2014-29.3.2015

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