Pyhä-Luosto · Finland
Ukko-Luosto summit
Highest point of the Luosto fells in Pyhä-Luosto National Park, above the treeline with old pines below; the open summit gives a wide sky for guided snowshoe aurora walks.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Wide views north-west to south-east from the open summit..
- Darkness
- Dark sky, grade 1 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Little artificial light; a good place for faint aurora and the Milky Way.
- Aurora
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 3 km by road from the middle of Pyhä-Luosto (estimate), roughly 3 min by car.
- Parking
- Car park on Ukko-Luostontie (unpaved); about 1 km steep trail to the top.
- Coordinates
- 67.1389, 26.8947 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Steep trail of about 1 km to the summit in the dark: bring a headlamp, or stay at the car park.
Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Finland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.