Reitti Saaruaan, Route to Saarua at Rukatunturi
Easy · 910 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.
12°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
910 mlength
116 mvertical
431 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Reitti Saaruaan, Route to Saarua is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Lit for night skiing.
How to get to Reitti Saaruaan, Route to Saarua
Lifts that reach the top: Saarua Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Saarua Ankkuri, Saarua T-bar (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 4 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Saarua Express
- Ski Reitti Saaruaan, Route to Saarua (easy)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Saarua, unnamed easy trail, Ruka Park Iso Linja, Ruka Park Big Line. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Saarua Express (1 min), Saarua Ankkuri, Saarua T-bar (1 min), Saarua III (1 min).
See Reitti Saaruaan, Route to Saarua on the 3D mapAll runs at RukatunturiMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.