Europe's season opens in Finland in October
Ruka and Levi open their slopes in October and often stay open until Easter, or even May — one of the longest snow seasons in Europe.
Ski Resorts in Finland
4 resorts with real-time weather data
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Finland ski resort map
Finland has 80 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count. Find Powder carries live snow reports for 4 of them, mapped here with the main cities and the airports that serve them. Zoom in to see every name, or jump straight to a region.
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- City
- Airport
Lapland (3)
- Levi · 531m · snow history
- Pyhä · 540m · snow history
- Ylläs · 718m · snow history
North Ostrobothnia (1)
- Ruka · 492m · snow history
Airports for skiing in Finland
The airports with scheduled flights closest to the Finland resorts we cover, nearest first. Several of the best gateways are across the border. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance — mountain roads can easily double them.
- KittiläKTT
11 km to Levi, with 3 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- KuusamoKAO
20 km to Ruka, with 2 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- RovaniemiRVN
83 km to Pyhä, with 3 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- EnontekioENF
85 km to Levi, with 2 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- IvaloIVL
140 km to Levi.
- KirunaKRNIn Sweden
166 km to Ylläs.
- OuluOUL
222 km to Ruka.
- LuleåLLAIn Sweden
243 km to Ylläs.
Cities on the map
Helsinki (capital) — 699 km from the nearest resort · Rovaniemi — 92 km from the nearest resort · Oulu — 212 km from the nearest resort · Espoo — 700 km from the nearest resort · Tampere — 581 km from the nearest resort · Vantaa — 684 km from the nearest resort · Turku — 722 km from the nearest resort · Kuopio — 371 km from the nearest resort · Jyväskylä — 467 km from the nearest resort · Lahti — 602 km from the nearest resort
Map shapes: Natural Earth. Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Cities: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Distances are straight-line from the airport or city to the nearest resort on this page.
Finland skiing and snowboarding facts
Finland's ski areas are low — the highest, Pallas, tops out at 758 m — but its season is one of the longest in Europe, and much of midwinter is skied in very little daylight.
80
Ski resorts
419 km
Of slopes
370
Ski lifts
Finland has 80 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count, with 419 km of slopes served by 370 lifts. Counts differ between sources, because each draws the line between a ski resort and a village tow in a different place.
Largest ski area
53 km
Ylläs
Highest ski area
758m
Pallas
Biggest vertical
464m
Ylläs
Three hours of daylight in December
Kuusamo, home of Ruka, does not quite get a full polar night, but in December it has only about three hours of daylight, and around five in November and January.
Figures describe Finland as a whole, not just the resorts we track. Skier visits are shown only where a national industry body or two independent reports agree.