Hiking with a child: multi-day backpacking tour

A 40+ km hike with a 7-year-old girl. How did it go, was she happy? See many pics!

Hiking with a child: day hikes

I hiked a lot with my younger daughter this summer. Also general tips for hiking with kids.

Guidebook Hiking in Finland

The perfect guidebook: Hiking in Finland! Day hiking, multi-day expeditions, best destinations, skills needed here up north, seasons, hiking with kids, winter hiking, good maps, GPX tracks, everything about hiking in Finland! 🙂

Skiing outside tracks with children

After these last two months let's now return to more normal kind of hiking. Two short stories of hiking with kids in winter: skiing and skating.

The months of autumn

Right now there's plenty of snow in Northern Finland and I've been writing about skiing much, so it's time to see how the hiking conditions look on the opposite side of the year. Autumn is a magnificent time for hiking!

The 12 km loop Pieni Karhunkierros (Little Bear's Trail) in Oulanka National Park is one of the, or maybe the most popular day hiking trail in Finland. Here you'll find three hikes around this trail.

Hiking in Finland: Tips for a beginner

Are you planning next summer's holiday? Come and hike in Finland! Here's ten tips for a beginner.

Basic hiking

On the opposite side of the year from February is August, which is a very good month for hiking in Finland. Let's see some hiking and paddling in two national parks.

Opposites week 51, part I

There is many kinds of hiking. Sometimes it is nice to face challenges, but often it is wonderful to take it easy. To enjoy beautiful scenery during day and return to a luxurious cabin for the evening.

Opposites week 49, part II

Yesterday I told about a ski tour in Lapland in December. Today let's see what Finland looks like in the opposite part of the year, in June.