Cycling in summer

Urho Kekkonen National Park and the Saariselkä-Kiilopää-Kakslauttanen area feature a comprehensive network of paths and trails for mountain biking.

Biking in the National Park is not an everyman’s right; it is restricted. In the summer, biking is only allowed on trails marked in the terrain, with the exception of the trail leading to the top of the Kiilopää fell. If biking on the marked trail is prevented for some reason (for example a flood, soft terrain), it is not permitted to continue biking next to the trail.

Biking is also allowed on the following partly unmarked trails:

• Kakslauttanen - Kopsusjärvi.
• In Kopsusjärvi, biking is NOT permitted on the esker next to the lake, and your bicycle must be left on the edge of the esker. This is to prevent the deterioration of the thin peat layer and the emergence of new tracks.
• Niilanpää - Suomunruoktu (open and reservable wilderness hut).
• Raja-Jooseppi - Anterinmukka (open wilderness hut).
• Kemihaara - Peskihaara - Keskipakat.
• Kemihaara - Mantoselkä.
• Kemihaara - Rakitsat.

Also explore the Kulmakuru trail, which runs on the west side of the E75 highway.

Cycling in winter

Winter biking is allowed everywhere during the snow season, with the exception of maintained ski tracks. Biking on ski tracks also poses a safety risk.

For winter cycling, there are marked winter trails in the Saariselkä - Kiilopää area. Explore the winter trails and their maintenance at saariselkatrails.fi.