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Day 5: Saariselkä

When we woke up this morning we found that the temperature wasn't quite as cold as yesterday. The thermometer outside the cabin suggested it was around minus 15.

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The day wasn't quite as bright as yesterday either; there was a cloudy sky and it looked like it might snow at some point.

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Our plan for today was to walk to a village called Laanila, which is on the outskirts of Saariselkä.

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It's a very small place and there's nothing to do once you get there (except turn around and walk back to Saariselkä!) but there's a lovely winter hiking trail through the forest.

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Normally I spend this walk taking photos of trees covered in snow. Today's trees were all quite green!

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There was still evidence of a lot of snow in places, though. We realised as we walked that this bump sticking out of the snow was a buried car :o

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There were plenty of places where I saw animal tracks in the snow too, although we didn't spot any wildlife today.

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The walk to Laanila is a few kilometres. I'd remembered it as being a flat walk, but it was actually quite uphill in places.

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As we got closer to the end we crossed over a route for snowmobiles...

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...and then walked past a cross country ski run. 

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The ski run had an interesting sign! I guess Google Maps must show this as a path.

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By this point we'd reached the metropolis of Laanila...

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... so it was time to turn around and head back to Saariselkä.

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We enjoyed the snowy landscape again on the way back :)

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As we got closer to Saariselkä we passed a house where it looked like the snow was in danger of sliding off the roof!

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We also realised that in the distance, we could just make out the top of Kaunispää hill, which we'd climbed yesterday. It's not very clear, but if you can see a dark smudge above the trees in the photo below, those are some buildings near the summit of the hill.

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It actually looked higher than we expected from down here! But we really enjoyed that walk yesterday, so we're contemplating doing it again tomorrow :) 




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