Visited my friends Duncan and Suvi near Jalasjärvi, and was surprised to find out that there's a ski hill. It was late April... they won't operate this late, but would there be any snow left? No ski resorts on my way here had any snow left.
And they did! A bit of iron content in the snow and ice that was left, but ok... snow is snow and ice is ice. I managed to ski in yet another Finnish ski resort, even if it was closed!
Seemed like a very nice ski resort by the way, modern and good looking restaurant building, a fire place cottage at the bottom... all good. And near the city center. Well done, Jalasjärvi!
The ski resort is at the coordinates N 62.506018 E 22.763923. The official pages are here.
Kiuaskallio was actually only my third option to ski. Duncan had told me that there was a nearby slope on a river canyon that was well shaded and he had seen it covered by snow just a few days ago. Unfortunately, it turned out to be almost melted now:
The second option was a snow dumping grounds in Jalasjärvi. No, not on my good skis:
Finally, the Kiuaskallio. Suvi had told me that a local Facebook group had a post about there still being snow on the hill. Finally, a success :-)
It was only after doing all the skiing that I realized that there's also a gun range right next to the slopes. Luckily no one took me for target practice...
Skiing:
Grilling hut at the ski resort:
Signs:
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