Finland - Arctic Post Road MTB Route
"From the official route's website: https://www.bikeland.fi/en/arcticpostroad-mtb-route The 438km and 8-10 day Arctic Post Road MTB Route follows the old Kopenhagen-Alta post road from the village of Äkäslompolo, in the Western Lapland in Finland, to the city of Alta in Norway, at the Arctic Ocean. The route combines the best and the most scenic single tracks and quad tracks of the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area, and Finnmark’s Highland into an incredible one-week bikepacking route. The partly extremely physically and technically demanding riding is highly rewarded by daily changing arctic nature and glimpses of traditional culture, as well as 16 wilderness shelters along the route. There are frequently villages along the route too, providing comforts and restocking opportunities nearly daily on this otherwise remote part of the arctic, making the route less hard core, what you would initially think."
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Following the remnants of the old Kopenhagen-Alta post road across the Western Lapland and Finnmarksvidda, Finnmarks highlands, the 438km and 8-10 day Arctic Post Road MTB Route is a unique single-track-rich bikepacking route from the Finnish Western Lapland to the Norwegian Arctic Ocean. The Forbes Travel Guide has ranked the cross-country winter crossing of Finnmarksvidda one of the five most stunning ski tours in the world, and let me argue, it could be the case for summertime crossing as well. Especially, when connected to the southern part of the arctic tundra of the Pöyrisjärvi wilderness area and then to the high fells of the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, the route is one of the prettiest anywhere
