Cycling and Mountain Biking

Pyhä-Luosto mountain bike trails - see the map

Maps are also available free from area service points.

Plan your route carefully, especially when going on an overnight biking trip. Consider these when planning the route:

• Choose a trail that is meant for mountain biking. It can be either a trail designated specifically for biking, or a shared-use trail. Be considerate to other trail users!
• When biking in winter time, keep away from cross-country skiing tracks. 
• If you ride a bike at dark, make sure your bike is lit. Although there is plenty of sunlight in summer, it can get dark in the forests after the sun goes down. Trails are hardly ever lit.
• Take advantage of the maintained campfire and picnic sites for breaks on your biking trip. For overnight stays, use huts, lean-to shelters and designated camping sites.

More info from National Parks of Finland

You can rent moutain bikes or fatbikes:

Bliss Adventure
Keskusvaraamo Pyhähippu
Pyhä Igloos
PyhäInfo
Lapland Safaris (Luosto)

Round trip to Pyhäjärvi lake: You can start from Visitor center Naava's parking area. Follow the cross-country ski (in summer mode) track to Asteli. From Asteli to Pyhäjärvi village the route goes along side of the the road . Road number 9621. Just after passing the Pyhäjärvi village you turn right to a road that leads you to cross-country ski (in summer mode) track to Soutaja. Return to starting point. Easy route, length 16 km.

Luosto-Pyhä: The starting point is the gateway to national park in Luosto. Go towards Lampivaara (see previous description). From Lampivaara take direction to Pyhälampi day trip hut.

After that go along side Latvavaara and continue to Porontahtoma lean-to-shelter and Kapusta day trip hut arriving to Huttujärvi lake.

From Huttujärvi lake follow the road and then cross-country ski (in summer mode) track to Kiimaselkä day trip hut and from there to Pyhä center.

The route is demanding and some parts are rocky, some parts of the route are gravelled.

Circle route over Luostotunturi: starting point is the gateway to National Park, crossing the bridge and continuing along the ski track all the way to Lampivaara. From Lampivaara back to Luosto nice downhill along the ski trail. Route is in most part easy, some rocky parts and up hill. Length 18 km.