Säuʹnnkuõškk / Saunakoski Rental Hut

Location

Northern Lapland, Inari region, Kaldoaivi Wilderness Area.

The closest villages are Sevetti and Näätämö 25 km, where you will find a service station and a grocery shop.

The closest summer cottage is located at a distance of 3 km. Excursionmap.fi

Price

80 € / night and 560 € / week (incl. VAT 10%). Hut is available between March‒October.

Facilities

Heating with a wood-burning stove. A gas cooker, a sauna in a separate building, drinking water from the brook, a dry toilet, a campfire site and a smoker, a root cellar. Please note that it takes some time until the hut is properly warm.  

Please note, there is no boat nor electricity, please bring your own candles with you. 

• Bring toilet paper and candles (headlamp) with you.

It's recommended to take a first aid kit with you

There is a recycling point at the rental hut. Read more about Hiking Without Littering.

Keys

• Keys can be picked up from:
  • Ivalo: Ivalo River Camping (ivalorivercamping.com) camping area (Kerttuojantie 1, 99800 Ivalo (Inari), tel. +358 40 039 5046) or Ivalo Customer Service Point
  • Siida: Northern Lapland Nature Centre Siida.
• When picking up the keys you must have a receipt with you. Keys should be returned at the same place where they were collected from.

Description

Excursionmap.fi

In summer: the summer trail has been marked on trees and stones with orange paint marks. The trail starts from the Jäniskoski parking area, which is located at a distance of about 10.4 km from the Sevettijärvi bar crossroads towards Näätämö. The parking area is located on the left side of the road when arriving from Sevettijärvi. The distance to the hut is about 7 km. The same trail runs to the Saunakoski hut, as to the Kuosnajoki hut. In places, the trail is stony and the most demanding ascends are when climbing onto Jänispää Fell and Vanhavaara Hill. In the vicinity of River Näätämöjoki, the trails to these two huts branch off; when going to the Saunakoski hut, turn towards the southwest (upstream), and when heading to the Kuosnajoki hut, turn towards the northeast (downstream). Please note the branching off of the trails! The banks of River Näätämöjoki are level.

In winter: the trail has been marked with blue signs. In addition, there is a marked snowmobile track from the Sevettijärvi church (towards Näätämö) to the shore of Lake Jänisjärvi (13.5 km). On the left side of the road, there is space for parking where you can set off for the snowmobile track. From the northern shore of Lake Räkkijärvi, a marked winter trail branches off towards the Saunakoski hut. The distance is about 10 km.

Notices

The hut is located in a reindeer herding area, take into account the free-grazing reindeer and keep your dog on a leash, read more about hiking in a reindeer herding area.

Fishing
When fishing at flowing waters, you must have paid the fisheries management fee (eraluvat.fi), as well as the angling permit. Please note that there is a quota for the number of the fishing licences to be sold for River Näätämöjoki. You can buy fishing licences from Metsähallitus customer service points and from local entrepreneurs.

• The Metsähallitus' hut for the game and fisheries warden is in the same courtyard, about at a 40 metres distance (only occasionally used).
• The water is not tested annually, so we recommend that you boil the drinking water first.
• Pets are allowed in the hut.

• Safety on hiking.

Maintenance and Management   

Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland. For more information contact Northern Lapland Nature Centre Siida tel. int. +358 206 39 7740.