Reasons for wilderness huts 2/12: hunting and fishing

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

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.

Wilderness huts and fire safety

A wilderness hut, Rautulampi, burned down last week. Ouch! Luckily no bodily harm happened, but an important shelter is gone now. Hopes are that a new hut will be built, but it will take time. What can we do to prevent fires?

New book Suomen autiotuvat

See some example pages in advance from my new book! Book Suomen autiotuvat (Wilderness huts of Finland) is going to be published at the end of this week.

How to behave in a wilderness hut?

There are hundreds of wilderness huts in Finland. Free to use, no lock in the door. How can a system like that work? There is a simple code that makes it work very well. Let's see the code step by step.

Ski touring at -50°C = -60°F

This is a true story of a winter backpacking tour in -50°C. Weather forecasts had predicted -25, but the truth was... memorable!

Wilderness huts, what are they?

I have managed to promise to tell more about wilderness huts in two of my three posts, so I guess that's what I have to do now. Well, I am a big fan of wilderness huts, so it is no bother to write about them. 🙂

Prologue: First thoughts about Finnish Way of Hiking

Hello, world! I have written about hiking in Finland for 17 years for my living. 13 books and over thousand pages of magazine articles, in Finnish. Now I thought I'd like to share my thoughts, and try to create discussion internationally.