Perfect pastime for a Corona weekend

March 23, 2020March 31, 2020 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 1 Comment

Going out to nature does good to us, that is generally known. It's always fun, and sometimes you encounter even more. I saw this weekend something special, a first in my life.

Ice on lakes – see the situation right now

April 29, 2019April 25, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 2 Comments

Right now the ice on lakes is thawing out. It's not possible to walk or ski on the lakes, but it's not possible to canoe on them either. This happens for a couple of weeks every late autumn and late winter. See pics!

Spring on our latitude

Hiking in Finland - Day Trips and Backpacking Expedition

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ Leave a comment

What is spring? Walking on paths decorated with green and flowers? Or skiing?

Ski touring on ski tracks

Hiking in Finland - Day Trips and Backpacking Expeditions

March 11, 2019March 1, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 1 Comment

Photos from some of the most beautiful ski tracks in Finnish Lapland.

Delights of living in the middle of nowhere

January 28, 2019January 30, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 1 Comment

There are good aspects in city life, but there are very good aspects in living far into the countryside, too. We live in the middle of forest, and we enjoy that. See what animal tracks we have spotted lately!

Skiing outside tracks with children

January 14, 2019January 13, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 4 Comments

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.

Millennium hike, part 9: Halti

December 31, 2018January 15, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 3 Comments

Skiing in white-out for many days... How is it going to be with our goal to stand on top of Finland, Halti fell, when the millennia changes? Is it too stormy? No, we get extraordinarily good weather for that very day! Our two months long backpacking expedition across Lapland ends in this post. I also ponder what did I learn/get from this hike.

Millennium hike, part 8: Käsivarsi

December 24, 2018January 5, 2019 ~ scricfinia – Finnish Way of Hiking ~ 4 Comments

Have you ever celebrated Christmas in wilderness? Try it some day, I recommend! Here's how we spent our Christmas in a wilderness hut 50 km from nearest road. Naturally also lots of skiing in this post.