Raviksen rento – Salpausselkä trails MTB is an easy forest loop on marked Salpausselkä Trails in Lahti, inside the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark. The City of Lahti pitches it as the place to start on a mountain bike: a short circuit behind the ski jumps with blue arrow marking, a counterclockwise ride recommendati...
City of Lahti – Raviksen Rento (Salpausselkä Trails)+
Description
Raviksen rento – Salpausselkä trails MTB is an easy forest loop on marked Salpausselkä Trails in Lahti, inside the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark. The City of Lahti pitches it as the place to start on a mountain bike: a short circuit behind the ski jumps with blue arrow marking, a counterclockwise ride recommendation, about 25 m of climbing, and surfaces that stay mostly needle-carpet conifer paths with small root and short rocky spots to practise technique without big climbs or demanding descents. For network-wide etiquette—yielding to skiers when grooming is active, Ensilumenlatu crossings, shared use with walkers and dogs, and how to reach the trailhead from downtown in ski season—the municipal trail pages in Finnish and the English trail overview are the checklist. Visit Lahti groups these ridges with other marked MTB options around Lahti and Hollola and stresses geopark scenery and mixed forest riding in the wider area. Tiirismaan Latu ry works with the city on Salpausselkä Trails background and volunteer maintenance lore that news stories echoed at the network launch.
The route works equally for easy walking and beginner trail running: the city describes it as low-threshold, partly narrow pleasant needle path and partly a slightly wider tread where stones and roots are easy to weave around, still genuine forest trail in bends and small rollers rather than a wide fitness boulevard, and not barrier-free despite gentle grades. Reflective arrow posts help at night, but there is no trail lighting, so carry your own light. Expect busy evenings: mountain bikers, walkers, dog walkers, and sometimes orienteering activity—slow down, give space, and keep dogs leashed.
From the Old Racetrack trailhead the circuit wanders the Suurmäen bowl behind the jumps: the trail passes Salpausselän hyppyrimäki K64, Salpausselän hyppyrimäki K90, and Salpausselän hyppyrimäki K116, outdoor training spots, and Suurmäen näkötorni as a viewpoint anchor, with Lahden maauimala and Häränsilmän ulkokuntolaitteet in the same fringe. Löytynmäen koirien koulutuskenttä lies near the Old Racetrack neighbourhood. Further along Hämeenlinnantie you approach Padel Lahti Hämeenlinnantie and Kärpäsen yläasteen liikuntasali—use our place pages for photos and practical detail on each stop.
Link-outs are a strength of this network: the City of Lahti notes easy onward options toward Tapanila and to Pirttipolku via Kankaankatu, and the same corridor overlaps the walking-running line Raviksen rento - Salpausselkä trails and sits beside connectors such as Tapanilan taival - Salpausselkä trails MTB, Urheilukeskuksen ja Messilän kuntoradat, Pirttipolku - Salpausselkä trails, and Tähtipolku - Salpausselkä Trails when you want a longer day. Near Vanha Ravirata, Raviksen Pyöräpuisto offers a BMX line and a small earth pump track maintained by Ride Salpaus ry for warm-up or skills play.
Päijät-Häme is known for ridge-and-lake scenery; Lahti anchors the region, and this loop is the gentlest introduction many riders use before stepping up to longer marked circuits.
Length & route
About 3 km as one signed loop on Salpausselkä Trails with blue arrow marking and a counterclockwise ride recommendation. Total ascent is roughly 25 m. Surfaces are mostly conifer needle path with short rooted and rocky practice sections; the city still recommends a mountain bike rather than a city bike.
Getting there
Primary start is Vanha Ravirata at Vaskelaisenrinne 11, with a map pin on kartta.lahti.fi linked from the City of Lahti Raviksen Rento page. From Lahti Sports Centre you can climb maintained outdoor routes behind the jumps; forest connectors from the centre are not separately marked with trail arrows, and during the ski season groomed lanes are ski-only so many riders approach from Hämeenlinnantie cycleways instead.
Good to know
The route passes near Ensilumenlatu, which can be busy even before snow elsewhere; wait for a safe crossing or detour on other paths if needed. A lean-to shelter roof near the trail is noted as a break spot. Some Salpausselkä paths cross the separate Hollola Suoreitti system, which uses wooden stakes and yellow paint rather than the same arrow scheme; the English trail overview explains how to tell them apart.
History
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat wrote in October 2020 that Raviksen Rento would be the first marked multi-use forest trail on the ridge as the Salpausselkä Trails pilot launched, with a broader set of circuits and transfer routes still rolling out that autumn; Tiirismaan Latu ry volunteers had cleared brush and protected historic earthworks while surfacing was finished before reflectorized arrow marking closed out the season.
Mountain biking is recommended counterclockwise (vastapäivään) on this blue-arrow loop; arrows are placed both ways for shared hiking and running use.
Route direction
Blue arrow posts and signs; reflectorized materials for low-light visibility.
Route Signs
Dogs (On Leash)
Dogs
Open / Good Condition
Open / Good Condition
City of Lahti – Raviksen Rento (Salpausselkä Trails)
Activities allowed
Bike
Activity
Hike / Walk
Activity
Run
Activity
Terrain & conditions
3 km
Distance
About 20–40 minutes by mountain bike and roughly 45 minutes to 1.5 hours on foot at an easy pace, per the City of Lahti.
Est. Time
Conifer forest tread, mostly pleasant needle path with short root and rocky sections; occasional slightly wider tread; fine gravel or maintenance surfacing may appear where roots were protected.
Surface
Loop, Single Track, Wide Track
Route Type
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Raviksen rento – Salpausselkä trails MTB is an easy forest loop on marked Salpausselkä Trails in Lahti, inside the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark. The City of Lahti pitches it as the place to start on a mountain bike: a short circuit behind the ski jumps with blue arrow marking, a counterclockwise ride recommendati...
City of Lahti – Raviksen Rento (Salpausselkä Trails)+
Description
Raviksen rento – Salpausselkä trails MTB is an easy forest loop on marked Salpausselkä Trails in Lahti, inside the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark. The City of Lahti pitches it as the place to start on a mountain bike: a short circuit behind the ski jumps with blue arrow marking, a counterclockwise ride recommendation, about 25 m of climbing, and surfaces that stay mostly needle-carpet conifer paths with small root and short rocky spots to practise technique without big climbs or demanding descents. For network-wide etiquette—yielding to skiers when grooming is active, Ensilumenlatu crossings, shared use with walkers and dogs, and how to reach the trailhead from downtown in ski season—the municipal trail pages in Finnish and the English trail overview are the checklist. Visit Lahti groups these ridges with other marked MTB options around Lahti and Hollola and stresses geopark scenery and mixed forest riding in the wider area. Tiirismaan Latu ry works with the city on Salpausselkä Trails background and volunteer maintenance lore that news stories echoed at the network launch.
The route works equally for easy walking and beginner trail running: the city describes it as low-threshold, partly narrow pleasant needle path and partly a slightly wider tread where stones and roots are easy to weave around, still genuine forest trail in bends and small rollers rather than a wide fitness boulevard, and not barrier-free despite gentle grades. Reflective arrow posts help at night, but there is no trail lighting, so carry your own light. Expect busy evenings: mountain bikers, walkers, dog walkers, and sometimes orienteering activity—slow down, give space, and keep dogs leashed.
From the Old Racetrack trailhead the circuit wanders the Suurmäen bowl behind the jumps: the trail passes Salpausselän hyppyrimäki K64, Salpausselän hyppyrimäki K90, and Salpausselän hyppyrimäki K116, outdoor training spots, and Suurmäen näkötorni as a viewpoint anchor, with Lahden maauimala and Häränsilmän ulkokuntolaitteet in the same fringe. Löytynmäen koirien koulutuskenttä lies near the Old Racetrack neighbourhood. Further along Hämeenlinnantie you approach Padel Lahti Hämeenlinnantie and Kärpäsen yläasteen liikuntasali—use our place pages for photos and practical detail on each stop.
Link-outs are a strength of this network: the City of Lahti notes easy onward options toward Tapanila and to Pirttipolku via Kankaankatu, and the same corridor overlaps the walking-running line Raviksen rento - Salpausselkä trails and sits beside connectors such as Tapanilan taival - Salpausselkä trails MTB, Urheilukeskuksen ja Messilän kuntoradat, Pirttipolku - Salpausselkä trails, and Tähtipolku - Salpausselkä Trails when you want a longer day. Near Vanha Ravirata, Raviksen Pyöräpuisto offers a BMX line and a small earth pump track maintained by Ride Salpaus ry for warm-up or skills play.
Päijät-Häme is known for ridge-and-lake scenery; Lahti anchors the region, and this loop is the gentlest introduction many riders use before stepping up to longer marked circuits.
Length & route
About 3 km as one signed loop on Salpausselkä Trails with blue arrow marking and a counterclockwise ride recommendation. Total ascent is roughly 25 m. Surfaces are mostly conifer needle path with short rooted and rocky practice sections; the city still recommends a mountain bike rather than a city bike.
Getting there
Primary start is Vanha Ravirata at Vaskelaisenrinne 11, with a map pin on kartta.lahti.fi linked from the City of Lahti Raviksen Rento page. From Lahti Sports Centre you can climb maintained outdoor routes behind the jumps; forest connectors from the centre are not separately marked with trail arrows, and during the ski season groomed lanes are ski-only so many riders approach from Hämeenlinnantie cycleways instead.
Good to know
The route passes near Ensilumenlatu, which can be busy even before snow elsewhere; wait for a safe crossing or detour on other paths if needed. A lean-to shelter roof near the trail is noted as a break spot. Some Salpausselkä paths cross the separate Hollola Suoreitti system, which uses wooden stakes and yellow paint rather than the same arrow scheme; the English trail overview explains how to tell them apart.
History
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat wrote in October 2020 that Raviksen Rento would be the first marked multi-use forest trail on the ridge as the Salpausselkä Trails pilot launched, with a broader set of circuits and transfer routes still rolling out that autumn; Tiirismaan Latu ry volunteers had cleared brush and protected historic earthworks while surfacing was finished before reflectorized arrow marking closed out the season.
About 20–40 minutes by mountain bike and roughly 45 minutes to 1.5 hours on foot at an easy pace, per the City of Lahti.
Est. Time
Conifer forest tread, mostly pleasant needle path with short root and rocky sections; occasional slightly wider tread; fine gravel or maintenance surfacing may appear where roots were protected.
Surface
Loop, Single Track, Wide Track
Route Type
City of Lahti – Raviksen Rento (Salpausselkä Trails)+
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Answers to your questions
Our data was researched from Lahti, 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.