• Taru Viero
  • Taru Viero

Liesjärvi National Park

One night training trip of sleeping in snowy conditions. Read more
  • 21st of February - 22nd of February 2024

    Feb 21–22, 2024 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C

    Winter hike in Liesjärvi National Park. Though the weather really is everything possible which makes packing difficult.

    I was originally thinking of staying two days, but the trails are really bad. Not many people have walked here and there's just a few footprints to follow and sometimes the snow is waist deep! It's really hard to hike. So much so that I almost gave up during the day.

    It was a warm night and it snowed quite a lot during the night. I camped partly on the ice. In my tent I could hear the water flowing between the narrow channel.
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    Trip end
    February 22, 2024