Cross-country skiing

Cross-country ski trails

The City of Kerava maintains cross-country ski trails with varying degrees of difficulty. There are suitable trails for everyone from beginners to professionals. The city has dozens of kilometres of ski trails, most of them lighted. Hop on your skis to explore the Keinukallio trail network and enjoy the joy of winter outdoors.

  • Ahjo

    • Parking: End of Ketjutie / Ahjo school / Keupirtti on Vanha Talmantie
    • Trail length: 1.8 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Moderate. Steep descents, but also suitable for less experienced skiers.

    Ahjo–Keinukallio

    • Parking: End of Ketjutie / Ahjo school / Keupirtti on Vanha Talmantie and Keinukallio
    • Trail length: 5.6 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Hard. Steep descents. Also suitable for less experienced skiers who can navigate steep downhills.

    Ahjo north trail

    • Parking: End of Ketjutie / Ahjo school / Keupirtti on Vanha Talmantie
    • Trail length: 4.1 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Hard. Steep descents. Also suitable for less experienced skiers who can navigate steep downhills.

    Kaleva sports park

    • Parking: Metsolantie 1
    • Trail length: 400 m
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–8.00 and 16.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Very easy flat ground. The trail is situated over the running track in the athletics field.

    Keinukallio

    • Parking: Keinukallio parking areas
    • Trail length: 2.8 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Very hard due to steep ascents and descents. Used in ski races. For experienced skiers only.

    Keinukallio stadium

    • Parking: Keinukallio parking areas
    • Trail length: 1.8 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Artificial snow trail depending on weather conditions.

    Koukkusuo

    • Parking: Keinukallio parking areas
    • Round-trip length: 11.8 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • At the end of Koukkusuo trail is a connecting trail to Kuusijärvi.
    • Difficulty: Easy and flat round-trip trail.

    Pihkaniitty

    • Parking: Pihkaniityntie
    • Trail length: 4.4 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Hard. Steep descents, ascents and bends. Not recommended for first-timers.

    Sompio

    • Parking: At the end of Luhtaniityntie next to Sompio football pitch
    • Trail length: 1.6 km
    • Lighted: Monday–Sunday 6.00–22.00
    • Natural snow trail
    • Difficulty: Easy. One downhill, otherwise flat.

    Connecting trail to Kuusijärvi

    • Parking: Keinukallio parking areas
    • Length: 14 km
    • No lighting.
    • Connecting trail starts at the end of the Koukkusuo trail.
    • Difficulty: Round-trip trail in varying terrain, with a few larger ascents and descents.

  • The park trails are between 200–600 metres in length and have no lighting. Daycare and school groups use the trails on weekdays. The trails are easy and flat and suitable for beginner skiers.

    • Alikerava school
    • Kilta park area
    • Pohjolantie field in Kaleva
    • Päivölänlaakso
    • Laaksopuisto park in Savio

     

  • You can check the status of ski trails in the map service. Go to map service.

    Depending on the maintenance status, trails are marked as “käytössä” (in use) or “ei käytössä” (not in use).

  • At the start of the ski season, the trail in Keinukallio is created using artificial snow as a cooperation between the city and Keravan Urheilijat. With the help of volunteers from Keravan Urheilijat, artificial snow can be added round-the-clock to ensure the best possible skiing conditions. Snowmaking and the grooming of trails with natural snow begins as soon as weather conditions permit.

    For safety reasons, trails are mainly groomed at night as during the day, skiers and the groomer machine on the trails at the same time may cause dangerous situations. Trails are also groomed during the day, on holidays and on weekends.