Saivaara. Some climb that too, but the path to up is nearly non-existing.

Day 2: Saarijärvi - Meekonjärvi

August 23, 2025 in Finland ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

I started hiking around 8 am in light rain. The first hour or so was again difficult terrain to hike; wet, deep mud and difficult rocky terrain. After an hour this changed and I walked the rest of the day on a nice path. Rocky, but nice!

Also the weather changed around noon. Rain stopped, the sun started to shine a bit and heavy wind started to blow, but it wasn't extremely cold wind.

The terrain was fantastic. I can hardly believe I'm in Finland. This is not the scenery that I think first when thinking about Finland. It looks like a landscape from central Asia, those endless steppes!

Stopped at Meekonjärvi for the night. Another fantastic looking place. Just amazing. It's raining again now in the evening. Tomorrow if the forecast can be relied on it shouldn't rain.

Tomorrow I should reach the foot of Halti. I'll try to reach the peak on Monday.Read more