CLOSE TO NATURE
A top Ounasvaara you’re close to many activities. Our hotel is located near to a traditional ski center and is right next to the SantaSport Center — where you can find everything from spa treatments to versatile indoor sports activities. You can sledge down from the top of the hill in a speedy sledge both during the winter and the summer. The beautiful nature that surrounds Ounasvaara will attract you to cross-country skiing in the winter — you have access to ski trails, slopes and magnificent hiking routes, right outside your front door.
Together with our partner, the largest Nordic program service company, Lapland Safaris, we can bring you the very best that Lapland has to offer, with unbelievable safari experiences.
Gearing up your adventuresRental services |
From Crossfit to gymWorkout |
The SantaSport Center has several modern gyms to cater for different needs. It is possible to buy single tickets to the gyms, with the exception of the Crossfit hall, which has its own access rules. You’re welcome to come and stay fit!
Sports hall Gym
The Sports hall Gym is a basic gym open to everyone. It is located in the room next to the sports hall main door. Single tickets, serial tickets and season tickets are available for the gym.
CMS Gym
www.cmssantasport.fi
Behind the pool facilities there is a fitness studio of the CMS gym club, which is an up-to-date, well-equipped gym designed for those who want to do aerobic exercises, or muscular strength training. You can access the gym by joining the CMS fitness club, or with a SantaSport day passport.
CrossFit facility
www.crossfitsantasport.fi
The versatile CrossFit training, which has gained enormous popularity around the world, is an excellent addition to Santa Sport's comprehensive selection. At the CrossFit facility, located in the Sports hall, you’ll find 14 fixed training slots, each with its own free weights, lifting range, high bars, gymnastic rings, climbing ropes, fitness balls, back / abdominal benches, kettlebells and rowing ergometers. The use of the CrossFit hall requires a shift with a reserved instructor, or membership of the CrossFit Hall.
Power workshop
A 252m2 free weights training hall completed the expansion of the facilities. The roomy hall, equipped with mirrors, provides magnificent surroundings for training, both for clubs, teams and individual exercisers. Clubs may book the area on a regular shift basis, or for individual hours. Single tickets are sold outside the arranged shift-times, ask at the SantaSport reception for more information.
Outdoor gym
The Outdoor gym is located on the area between SantaSport’s main building and Lappi Areena. During the summer, the outdoor gym provides free weights, high bars, benches and other equipment.
Workout
OunasvaaraSki Resort |
Ski Resort
You can enter the slope directly from the hotel’s property — a chair lift will bring you back to the hotel after a full day of downhill skiing. The Ounasvaara Ski Center has eight slopes, a Snow Park and a children’s park.
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200km of ski trailsSkiing |
Skiing
Ounasvaara’s 100km network of cross-country skiing trails are part of the city’s trail network, consisting of over 200kms.
Read moreOunasvaara’s 100km network of cross-country skiing trails are part of the city’s trail network, consisting of over 200kms. In addition to the first snow trail, which opened at the end of October, and the trails with different skill-levels, the hill also offers awesome scenery spots. The Ski Center lifts also offer beautiful views all the year round.
the capital of the sportWinter swimming |
Winter swimming
The winter swimming season starts in Koskipuisto, by the Kemijoki river (the city swimming beach, opposite the Hotel Pohjanhovi), at the beginning of October and it ends at the end of April.
Winter swimming
Nature experiencesThe Safaris |
The Safaris
Lapland Safaris is Rovaniemi’s own house of experiences, both in summer and winter! Cold weather snowmobile trails, or mid-summer river cruises give you a unique feeling when visiting Rovaniemi.
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a meeting place for stories and talesSanta Claus Office |
Santa Claus Office
Santa Claus and his elves first opened the doors to welcome visitors in 1992. Since then, Santa Claus Office has been open every single day of the year, for over a quarter of a century.
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Bike ParkCycling |
Cycling
The Ounasvaara Bike Park consists of marked downhill and cross country cycling routes. You can easily climb to the top of the hill using the chair lift.
Read moreIn the Bike Park of Ounasvaara you can rent a cross-country bike or a down hill bike and ride along the marked bike tracks. You can easily rise to the top of the hill by a chair lift and bring your bike along. There are also many unmarked tracks on the hill for more advanced cyclists.
The marked down hill tracks have got three degrees of difficulty:
Free ride (length 1350m) = Easy
DH Dirt (length 790m) = Average
DH Black (length 740m) = Difficult
Cycling