Fortunate to be able tour... Suomu

 

Suomutunturi. I feel fortunate that one can travel to see these places, seventh new ski area in one week now. During the pandemic!

Suomutunturi has great slopes. Not quite to the scale of Ylläs or Levi, but very nicely skiable, steep enough, and empty of crowds. In Finland 255 meter vertical difference is nothing to laugh at, it is very good. The longest slope is 1700 meters. The front slopes are the steepest. Piste map is available here.

The hotel looks quite nice, and includes a spa.

Suomutunturi has a long history, starting from 1965 when the resort first opened. They've built the hotel over the years but in 2015 the old parts burned. The resort continues in a new hotel building.

Suomtunturi is also home to Finnish Freestyle skiing, hosting events and Finland's most successful Freestyle ski club. In the 1970s they called Freestyle skiing hot dog skiing :-) 

Coordinates: N 66.55887 E 28.02262. More information on their home page, Wikipedia. There was also an interesting article in Helsingin Sanomat about trying to lift the resort back to the jet set attention (link).

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Well equipped slopes... with toilets in Lapland style:

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