Rávdujävri / Rautujärvi, day-use wilderness hut, where we spent one night on our way back to civilization from our two week hike to the Hammastunturi Wilderness Area.

#rávdujävri #rautujärvi #hammastunturi #lapland #finland #nordics #hiking #wildernesshut #outdoorlife #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #tamron #sony #nature

Every Finnish wilderness hut has a journal where visitors should always write where they are heading next, so in case something goes wrong rescue teams have a better idea of where you might be. It is also useful to note the weather you have encountered and anything that could help others, like the condition of the hut or trails blocked by floods, or any other relevant observations. In this photo my friend is reading such a journal at the Rautujärvi hut in the Hammastunturi Wilderness Area, Finland.

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On my way to the outhouse at the Kopmajoki Wilderness Hut in the Käsivarsi Wilderness Area, Finland, during my six week solo ski tour. I am still grateful to the border patrol who warned me about a winter storm that would rage for three days. I would have had a very bad time in my tiny solo tent.

#kopmajoki #käsivarsi #lapland #finland #nordics #hiking #skitouring #winter #wildernesshut #outdoorlife #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #tamron #sony #nature

Here is the interior of the Avisuorakammi, as requested by @meoralis . The stove was on the left, and firewood was stored in the right corner (just outside of the pic). You would sleep on the wooden sleeping platforms where my gear is “stored” 😅 Toilet is just a regular outhouse, which is of course cold in the winter and full of bugs in the summer.

The exterior:
https://pixelfed.social/p/JakeHikes/916364936153171962

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The Avesuorri open wilderness hut, Avisuorakammi in Finnish, in the Pulju Wilderness Area, Finland. I visited this very cozy and small kammi while solo ski touring in the area in February 2024. A kammi is a traditional small hut built with a wooden frame and insulated with peat collected from a nearby bog. The peat acts as insulation on top of the structure. In the past, birch bark was used to separate the peat from the frame, but nowadays plastic is used instead.

The interior:
https://pixelfed.social/p/JakeHikes/916386928262891484

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Making firewood for the stove at the open Porojärvi Wilderness Hut in the Käsivarsi Wilderness Area, Finland. Making firewood with a knife is easy, and I would argue safer than using an axe if you are not used to swinging one, as long as you have a knife that can take some pounding. You need a full tang blade that is thick enough to withstand the forces.

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Open wilderness hut Korsatupa in the Pulju Wilderness Area, Finland—October 2023, during my two-week solo hike. This is one of the rare wilderness huts in Finland that has a sauna, which felt like pure luxury on a longer hike. It was especially welcome on this trip, as I got caught off guard by early snowfall and was basically hiking in summer gear—no snowshoes, skis, or proper winter equipment with me.

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I tend to find less trash in Norwegian nature than in Finnish nature, but it can still be found there too. This pile was in the ruins of a building near an open wilderness hut called Oksvannskoia. There was so much of it that I had to leave it behind, as I couldn’t carry all that extra stuff with me—and there was no trash bin at the hut. Needless to say, people should carry their own crap out, and this just makes me so angry.

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This is Partisanhytta, which served as a hideout for Norwegian partisans during the Nazi occupation. The story goes that one of the partisans betrayed his comrades and revealed the hideout to the Nazis, leading to an attack in which some were killed. The hut is no longer in its original location and now serves as an open wilderness hut. I stayed here for one night during my two-month-long hike on my way to Näätämö village for a supply run.

#partisanhytta #norway #history #wwii #wildernesshut #hiking #näätämö #outdoorlife #adventure #camping #sonyalpha #fjells #fells #mountains #photography #nature #solohiking #thruhike

Perfect place for a quick coffee stop.
#wildernesshut #tahkokuru #Ylläs
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