Kapusta Day Trip Hut

  • Kapusta daytrip hut can be reached with mountain bikes. Image: Anna Pakkanen
  • Kapusta daytrip hut in early winter snowfall. Image: Anna Pakkanen
  • Inside Kapusta daytrip hut. Image: Netta Kuivalainen

Type

Day trip hut

Location, Maps and Description

Eastern Lapland, Municipality of Pelkosenniemi, Pyhä-Luosto National Park

Kapusta päivätupa, coordinates: Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 67° 03.6891' lon: 27° 00.0888'  ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 7438234 E: 500064

The day trip hut is situated along Pyhä-Luosto Hiking Trail in between Huttutunturi Fell and Latvavaara Hill within Pyhä-Luosto National Park, near its eastern boundary. In winter time there is a skiing trail via the hut.

Pyhä Luosto tunturikartta, Pyhä-Luosto Fell Map, 1:25 000, Calazo 2018
Pyhä-Luosto ulkoilukartta, Pyhä-Luosto outdoor map, 1:50 000, Karttakeskus 2014

Excursionmap.fi

  

Facilities

A stove and a gas cooker.

Notices

Please note, that the Kapusta hut is being renovated in the summer 2019 and it is out of order from 2.7. until the end of August (estimated duration). Other structures at the hut (toilet, campfire site, woodshed) can be used during the construction work.

Pets are permitted in the hut, but only in case that other visitors agree with it. Make sure you pack a first-aid kit.

Safety on hiking

Waste Management

Hikers are asked to bring their own waste out of the area. Read more about Hiking Without Littering.

Maintenance and Management

Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland. For more information contact Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava, tel. int. +358 206 39 7302.