Rukatunturi
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250px|thumb|A view from Rukatunturi thumb|250px|Front slopes in October 2009. thumb|250px|A cottage in Ruka. Rukatunturi () is a high fell and a ski resort in Kuusamo, Finland. Apart from downhill skiing, there are over 500 km of cross-country skiing tracks. Also snowmobiles can be rented to enjoy some of the area's 600 km of snowmobile routes (of which 100 km are safari organizers' private routes). Ruka is also the southern end of the Karhunkierros hiking trail. The total of trails in Ruka and Kuusamo area is: 160 km of hiking trails, 605 km of biking routes, 350 
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Vinony files it under Buildings and structures in North Ostrobothnia, Kuusamo and Ski areas and resorts in Finland.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ski resort
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kuusamo
- Elevation
- 493
- Official website
- www.ruka.fi
- Image
- Ruka from southeast.jpg
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- Ruka
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Ruka through the seasons
- Ruka Pedestrian Village
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
250px|thumb|A view from Rukatunturi thumb|250px|Front slopes in October 2009. thumb|250px|A cottage in Ruka. Rukatunturi () is a high fell and a ski resort in Kuusamo, Finland. Apart from downhill skiing, there are over 500 km of cross-country skiing tracks. Also snowmobiles can be rented to enjoy some of the area's 600 km of snowmobile routes (of which 100 km are safari organizers' private routes). Ruka is also the southern end of the Karhunkierros hiking trail. The total of trails in Ruka and Kuusamo area is: 160 km of hiking trails, 605 km of biking routes, 350 km of classified paddling routes (including class 1–4 whitewater paddling) and 100 km of boating routes.
In winter 1954, the first slope, now called "Eturinne" ("Front Slope"), was opened. The current number of slopes is 41, operated with 21 ski lifts (three high-speed detachable chair with bubble and one gondola). There's effective snowmaking on all runs by almost 90 snowguns and 5 groomers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rukatunturi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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