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Ski Saariselkä, Finland

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About Ski Saariselkä

Village 314 m. Facts: verified.

A ski resort with its village at 314 m and its top at 439 m. It has 9 km of runs and 2 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 173 m, from 439 m to 266 m. For beginners and families: 50% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 3 km of black, expert and freeride runs. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in March, about 0.7 m at the top (439 m). The town to stay in is Saariselkä.

Saariselkä is an urban area in Inari municipality, Lapland, Finland. It is located near the western end of the Saariselkä mountain ridge, which it also is named after.

The development of Saariselkä began in the 1960s and the area was zoned by the municipality in the 1970s. The nearby Urho Kekkonen National Park was established in 1983.

From the Wikipedia article Saariselkä (urban area), shortened. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The ski area

Runs from 266 m to 439 m: 173 m of vertical. 9 km of runs and 2 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Ski Saariselkä, Laskuttelukeskus Ski & Sport Resort Saariselkä.

Runs
Beginner (green)0.7 km
Easy (blue)3.9 km
Intermediate (red)1.8 km
Advanced (black)2.8 km
Lifts
Chairlifts1
Drag lifts1

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area data © OpenSkiMap.org and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

For families

50% of the km of runs are green or blue.

No public pool, ice rink, leisure centre, ski school or childcare is mapped within 5 km of the village. That may mean nobody has mapped them yet.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to IVL, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).

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  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to Ski Saariselkä.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire, lessons and lift passes.

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Where it is

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Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

Forecast

The score, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 18Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-4°C
Mon 19Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°C
Tue 20Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°C
Wed 21Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°C
Thu 22Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°C
Fri 23Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m5°C
Sat 24Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°C
Sun 25Oct00 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°C
Mon 26Oct00 cm–mid –base –––

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to.

Snow by month

MonthBase314 mMid377 mTop439 mColdestat the top
Nov0.2 m0.2 m0.2 m-5°C
Dec0.4 m0.4 m0.4 m-10°C
Jan0.5 m0.6 m0.6 m-12°C
Feb0.6 m0.6 m0.6 m-13°C
Mar0.7 m0.7 m0.7 m-8°C
Apr0.6 m0.6 m0.6 m-2°C
May0.2 m0.2 m0.2 m3°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to IVL, changing at AMS, then 50 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to IVL, changing at AMS, then 50 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,260–£2,195 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to IVL, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£845
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Transfershared airport transfer, return£70–£120
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£135–£220
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Lift pass5 days£325–£435
Ski hire5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£130–£220
Total£1,260–£2,195

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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