Piilola Trail - a New Hiking Trail from Finland to Norway
Published 29.6.2009
The Piilola Trail, which connects the Vätsäri Wilderness Area in Finland and the Øvre Pasvik National Park in Norway, was inaugurated on 16 June 2009 at its northern starting point of Sortbrysttjern in Norway. An opening hike began at the same time, ending on 18 June at the end of Kessintie Road and the village of Nellim, where the closing ceremony of the hike was held. .
The trail is a magnificent, 35 km hiking trail passing through a wilderness in the boreal coniferous forest zone, 24 km of which is located on the Finnish side. The trail is clearly marked, with blue wooden signs hung on trees in Norway and blue wooden poles set up along the trail in Finland.
The Piilola Trail is the result of cooperation between the parties to the Pasvik-Inari Trilateral Park: Finland, Norway and Russia.