- 3/11/2024
It is this seasons best weather for skating from Monday to Wednesday this week, the end of winter is still a unsure. So now it's worth coming skating or rent kick sledges! Oravi's equipment rental and village shop is open from 9-17.
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- 3/10/2024
The whole ice skating route Oravi-Linnansaari-Järvisydän open. It snowed a little yesterday and the route was plowed right after. The snowfall gave a little more traction to the hiking trail where you can walk and ride a bicycle. The rental office in Oravi is open from 9 am to 5 pm. Linnansaari's pancake cafe is open this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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- 3/9/2024
Today is a good day to go skating or take a kick sledge! The entire route from Oravi via Linnansaari to Järvisydän is open and in excellent condition. The sun peeks out from behind the clouds and it's a few degrees below zero. Oravi's equipment rental and shop-café are open from 9-17 and pancake café in Linnansaari is open from 11-15. Lunch soup is also served in Oravi. Public waterfront sauna and winter swimming in the ice hole in Oravi at 15-17 (7 €/person), payment to the reception.
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- 3/7/2024
The skating route is now in really good condition and open the whole way between Oravi-Linnansaari-Järvisydän (18km/one way). Oravi's equipment rental and shop-café is open from 9-17, reindeer soup is served for lunch.
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- 3/5/2024
The ice looks great. After the overnight frost, you can skate all the way from Oravi-Linnansaari-Järvisydän right away on Wednesday morning. The rental office in Oravi is open from 9 am to 5 pm.
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- 3/3/2024
The water on the surface is freezing slowly in this weather, we estimate that it will be possible to skate starting from Wednesday. Meanwhile walking or biking is the best option on the ice. The rental shop is open on Sunday 10-15 and the other days 9-17.
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- 3/2/2024
It has not been cold enough yet for the surface ice on the tour skating route to completely freeze. The skating route is therefore still closed and one cannot go there to make tracks. You can walk along the winter hiking route marked with red sticks to Savonselkä's lake hut or to Linnansaari main island. There is no route fee on the winter hiking route. Oravi's equipment rental and shop-café is open from 9-17 and public sauna in Oravi's waterfront sauna is also open today. Exceptionally there is one sauna (sauna number 1): between 15-16 women and between 16-17 men. The sauna fee is 7€/person and can be paid at the reception. The Linnansaari café is not open this weekend.
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- 2/29/2024
The same situation than yesterday, the skating route is still closed. The surface of the ice is not yet strong enough for skating everywhere on the route. We are waiting for freezing temperatures to get the surface ice strong and will let you know as soon as it is possible to open the skating route again. Please do not go to the skating route to make tracks now! You can walk to Linnansaari or to the lake hut along the winter hiking route. LINNASAARI CAFÉ IS NOT OPEN THIS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
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- 2/28/2024
The skating route from Oravi is still closed, the minus degrees last night created a thin layer of ice on the surface but it is not strong enough for skating, so now the surface ice must be allowed to freeze in peace to as good and smooth as possible, so it is NOT allowed to go to the skating route to make any tracks. Along the winter hiking trail marked with red sticks, you can walk to Linnansaari or to the lake hut to fry sausages.
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- 2/26/2024
There is a lot of water on the skating route. It is possible to walk on the hiking route but the surface is very soft at the moment.
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