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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- Ski resort
- City
- Airport
Lapland (3)
- Levi · 1,742ft · snow history
- Pyhä · 1,772ft · snow history
- Ylläs · 2,356ft · snow history
North Ostrobothnia (1)
- Ruka · 1,614ft · 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
7 mi to Levi, with 3 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- KuusamoKAO
12 mi to Ruka, with 2 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- RovaniemiRVN
52 mi to Pyhä, with 3 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- EnontekioENF
53 mi to Levi, with 2 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- IvaloIVL
87 mi to Levi.
- KirunaKRNIn Sweden
103 mi to Ylläs.
- OuluOUL
138 mi to Ruka.
- LuleåLLAIn Sweden
151 mi to Ylläs.
Cities on the map
Helsinki (capital) — 434 mi from the nearest resort · Rovaniemi — 57 mi from the nearest resort · Oulu — 132 mi from the nearest resort · Espoo — 435 mi from the nearest resort · Tampere — 361 mi from the nearest resort · Vantaa — 425 mi from the nearest resort · Turku — 449 mi from the nearest resort · Kuopio — 231 mi from the nearest resort · Jyväskylä — 290 mi from the nearest resort · Lahti — 374 mi 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
260 mi
Of slopes
370
Ski lifts
Finland has 80 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count, with 260 mi 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
33 mi
Ylläs
Highest ski area
2,487ft
Pallas
Biggest vertical
1,522ft
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.