We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas! Stay healthy and optimistic, that "normality" will be with us soon! 

During the last 10 days we have been…

Since one week we have constantly degrees below Zero, day by day the layer of ice is getting thicker. The brave ones already crossed the bay on the…

Finally it is white outside, this beautiful snowcover that makes everthing so much nicer and lighter arrived during the last weel. The dogs and we are…

At this time of the year, there is not much else in our mind than training and training and once more training... ok, a few trail-work-hours as…

... and we still hope to finally be allowed to receive guests again. At the moment it looks like entry to Finland will be allowed from end of November…

Our training for the coming season started on October 5th. Since then we train almost every day. 6 days per week we run the dogs, so every active dog…

The most beautiful part of Indian Summer is over. More and more leaves are landing on the ground. Early morning is rather fresh and a traininng run…

... we were still busy furnishing the last rooms in the guest house with new beds and comfortable chairs.

Olli brought out the chainsaw after the…

Indian Summer/Autumn is almost here, very close, waiting outside the door. The first step outside in early morning is a bit chilly.…

A lot happened in the last 2 weeks... besides more paddling and hiking with families and a wolf-hike with Vladimir, we could - besides the…

10 really active days with our guests are behind us. As guides we finally could show our guests again the best parts of North-Karelia and it really…

Since today, the Finnish  borders are again open for you and you can enter the country for a holiday without restrictions, quarantine or health tests.…

...we also celebrated with a barbecue and fire on the lake, but unfortunately without guest.

Finland should loosen the travel restrictions due to the…

Since June 1st we have officially opened again - are prepared according to the regulations - and we already had the first Finnish campers. 

The…

Yes! Really! In these coming days we reach the 20-degrees-level at noon. Whoever has time to sit on the veranda during midday, can enjoy even close to…

Today's short News are all about painting, renovating and optimizing, our main-tasks in the last days. 

Our storage rooms get a new paint, new…

And that's why we replaced our old scooter "Viking" by a brandnew Polaris Titan. Big amounts of fresh snow should not bother this one and we can…

2 1/2 weeks are gone since the last guests left and still we have perfect late-winter- or spring-conditions. When we got more fresh snow during last…

Dear guests and friends

Season 19/20 has now come to a sudden, early end, also for us, because of the different travel restrictions. Our last guests…

Winter 19/20 will definitely remain in our memories as the craziest winter since Eräkeskus was established.  Yes, we still have crazy ups and downs in…

Week 4/2020 was really a pity... long lasting plus-degrees made our snow disappear a bit more day by day... in the end there were only ice-trails on…

Yes, we did have already easier starts into new years...! The frustrating Up and Down of the temperatures is not yet coming to an end! The deeply…

Our Christmas-guests left Saturday and Sunday. New-Years-Guests arrived those same days. All have been on the sled already for trainingday 1 and 2.…