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Summer hiking trail 2

—•Hiking Trails

17.8 km

Route

Mustavaaran uusi kuivakäymälä

15.1 km|Free

Outdoor Toilets

Mustavaaran uusi kota

15.1 km|Free

Wilderness Huts

Description

City of Muonio – Routes and outdoor sports venues+

Description

Summer hiking trail 2 is a roughly 17.8 km point-to-point summer route in Muonio, Lapland, trending northeast from the Muonio–Jerisjärvi recreation fringe toward the Mustavaara day-trip area. The City of Muonio publishes up-to-date summer walking and cycling geometry together with winter trail care status in its InfoGIS map service and names a route coordinator for public questions. The national outdoor portal Luontoon.fi groups Muonio’s numbered kesäretkeilyreitit for browse-by-map planning. Discover Muonio explains that hundreds of kilometres of summer trails surround Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park and sends planners to digital overlays near Jeris and Särkijärvi. Visit Finnish Lapland describes how, once snow melts, marked trails link Muonio’s villages, visitor hubs and resorts inside Finland’s busiest national park. Metsähallitus’ printed Pallas–Yllästunturi brochure shows how kesäretkeilyreitti symbols translate on large-scale park maps and reminds that dogs stay leashed throughout the national park. The line is not a loop. After the forested approaches from the southwest, about 15 km from the documented start you reach Mustavaaran uusi kota, a wooden day-trip kota suitable for meals and shelter from wind, and a nearby dry toilet among the treeline scenery. Read more on our pages for Mustavaaran uusi kota and Mustavaaran uusi kuivakäymälä for on-site etiquette. Toward the same part of the journey the trail shares sections with Muonion latuverkosto, the municipality’s wide ski corridor—expect a broader cleared bench in places where winter grooming overlaps the summer trace. If you are stitching a longer hut-to-hut plan, the same landscape connects conceptually with Pallas-Ylläs vaellusreitti, the classic long-distance hiking spine of the park. Carry extra wind layers: even in July the breeze on open shoulders can feel cold after a climb. Use official notices before departure when you intend to combine on-foot travel with bikes, snowmobile corridors, or ski arenas from overlapping networks.

Length & route

The trail is about 17.8 km as one point-to-point summer segment. It is not a loop. About 15 km from the start you reach Mustavaaran uusi kota and its companion dry-toilet stop; small climbs and treeline sections add time beyond what flat kilometres would suggest. Allow roughly 4–7 hours one way on foot depending on pack weight, photography and wind. Treat Luontoon.fi and Muonio’s InfoGIS overlays as the living references for branch lines that may extend beyond this single published trace.

Getting there

Plan parking and last-metre access through the City of Muonio’s InfoGIS map—zoom to the summer hiking layer near Muonio village and Jerisjärvi before you leave home. The documented trail start sits northeast of central Muonio toward the Jerisjärvi outdoor area (about 67.944°N, 24.041°E); label your offline map with that pin if you hike without mobile data. Long-distance travellers often fly to Kittilä or Rovaniemi and continue by bus, taxi or rental car along Highway E8 or Road 79 through the national park fringe.

Good to know

When you join terrain managed under Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park regulations, fishing permits, camping rules and dog leash requirements apply on reserve lands—read instructions at wilderness huts, kota sites and campfire rings on arrival. For Muonio-maintained corridor questions, use the route coordinator published on the municipal routes page.

Managed by

Muonio

Official Maintenance

GPX data from: © Metsähallitus, 2024

Trail info

Commonly walked from the Muonio–Jeris side toward Mustavaara; you can turn back from the kota for a shorter day hike.

Route direction

Fell / Mountain

Area

Marked Route

Route Signs

Dogs (On Leash)

Dogs

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

17.8 km

Distance

Roughly 4–7 hours one way on foot for the full 17.8 km in typical summer conditions.

Est. Time

Dirt / Gravel

Surface

Point-to-Point

Route Type

Moderate Traffic

Traffic

Partial Shade

Shade

Location

67.94376°N, 24.04057°E

Approximate location

FinlandCountry

LaplandRegion

MuonioCity

Hiking TrailsCategory

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Answers to your questions

Our data was researched from Muonio, and other trusted sources, in March 2026. Our route / place GPX data comes from Metsähallitus / Lipas, last updated March 2026. Always check their official website for safety-critical updates.

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