{"id":99874,"date":"2019-03-12T13:51:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T11:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/products\/tour-skating-routes-in-punkaharju\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:26:03","slug":"tour-skating-routes-in-punkaharju","status":"publish","type":"visit_saimaa_product","link":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/tour-skating-routes-in-punkaharju\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic Skating Routes in Punkaharju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tour skating is a fantastic and safe way to experience &amp; enjoy Lake Saimaa in winter! One of Finland\u2019s longest skating tracks kept open on natural ice is found in Punkaharju, maximum length of 17 km. There are many break points on the track, a campfire place, a Pancake Caf\u00e9 along the way, equipment rental and restaurants. The skating track consists of 3 routes when all routes are open, the tracks are maintained daily. <\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the skating route is a skating track that goes around Valkialampi, a pond in the middle of Punkaharju Ridge area.<\/p>\n<p>2025-2026 MAIN ROUTES, UP TO 17 KM:<br \/>\n*5 km route to Haataansaari island to campfire spot<br \/>\n*8 km from Harjun Portti to Siplahti (via Kruunupuisto) and back<br \/>\n*2 km route around Kaarnalahti bay<br \/>\n*2 km route around Valkialampi pond<\/p>\n<p>Also, the aim is to make an additional 9 km route Siplahti-Sumpunlahti (back and forth) around February &#8211; making this route is affected by the amount of snow during winter and ice conditions.<\/p>\n<p>PRICES<br \/>\nDay ticket 9\u20ac<br \/>\n3 day ticket 22\u20ac<br \/>\nChildren 10-14 years old -50%<\/p>\n<p>The starting point of the track is from Holiday Resort Harjun Portti, which also maintains the tracks daily.  Equipment Rental available at the starting point, where you can rent tour skate packages, kick-sleds and many more winter equipment. <\/p>\n<p>Tracks are usually opened late December\/early January and will be open to the last days of the winter (late March usually), the personnel of the resort checks the routes daily, so you can skate safely along the route even in the last days of winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":208147,"template":"","meta":[],"servicecategory":[406],"actioncategory":[619],"relatedcontent":[763],"class_list":["post-99874","visit_saimaa_product","type-visit_saimaa_product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","servicecategory-tour-skating","actioncategory-do","relatedcontent-holiday-resort-harjun-portti","product","activities","tour-skating","priority-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nordic Skating Routes in Punkaharju - Visit Savonlinna<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tour skating is a fantastic and safe way to experience &amp; enjoy Lake Saimaa in winter! 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