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February 24, 2020February 25, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ Leave a comment

This is my 100th blog post! See what have been the most viewed topics. And see what my two new books look like!

Snow depth

February 17, 2020February 11, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 3 Comments

Is there snow where you live? Finland is divided into two this winter: in south there is no snow, in north there is plenty. See some snowy pics!

Reasons for wilderness huts 6/12: cabins for lumberjacks

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 3 Comments

Forests of Finland have been in use for a long time. In the era of two-man saws and axes there were hundreds of lumberjacks' cabins throughout Finnish woods. Some of them act as open wilderness huts nowadays.

Reasons for wilderness huts 5/12: patrol cabins for border guards

January 20, 2020January 28, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 2 Comments

Border guard is one of those professions where you work in the field, deep in the wilderness. In the old days patrol cabins were necessary, but not so much any more. So, many old patrol cabins are open wilderness huts now.

Reasons for wilderness huts 3/12: reindeer herding

December 23, 2019June 25, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 1 Comment

Have you ever dreamed of spending the Christmas in wilderness? I've spent two Christmas Eves in a wilderness hut, far away from nearest road, and I can recommend the experience! Wilderness huts that originally were reindeer herders' huts is the main topic this time, though.

Reasons for wilderness huts 4/12: gold digging

December 9, 2019January 28, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 1 Comment

Did you know there has been two gold rushes in Finnish Lapland? Gold digging with spade and pan is a peculiar kind of activity that has left many interesting huts and other monuments in those two areas.

Reasons for wilderness huts 2/12: hunting and fishing

November 18, 2019January 28, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 1 Comment

One early reason to build shelters deep in the wilderness was hunting and fishing. Here you'll find some examples of wilderness huts that were originally built for those purposes.

Wilderness huts and history

November 11, 2019July 7, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 13 Comments

There are hundreds of open wilderness huts in Finland. How come there are so many, and why? There are twelve main reasons for building huts, and these reasons show interesting history about moving about in the wilderness. This post is an index to a dozen posts about this subject.

Autumn colors this year

October 28, 2019October 25, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 6 Comments

Autumn colors are over for this year now, but come and see six pics!

First snow

October 21, 2019October 19, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 5 Comments

I've been hiking a lot lately, and therefore I've had too little time for blogging. I try to be more active now! Here's some pics from first snow hikes.