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Ride in a land where the sun forgets whether it is night or day, greens covers every piece of land, with grass, trees, moss, and the endless growth that results from the winter snow coverage, abundant rain and warm sun filled summer months.
Oulanka National Park where the rides occur is in Northern Finland, just south of the Arctic Circle and provides a fascinating background for this wilderness trip through a less traveled area of the world. The park’s natural growth, is left largely unchanged by its care takers and there is a sense of riding through a wilderness that has not been altered by man, a wilderness where fallen trees are quickly covered by moss, and recycled into the land courtesy of abundant rain or snow that speeds the recycling process. It produces a color, and a feel that makes for interesting riding, along with the often challenging terrain with its steep river banks, areas of very spongy ground, and its serenely attractive pine coverings. The border of Russia is frequently in site as you transverse the old Bear’s Ring Trail, although truth be told the bear being a natural reclusive traveler is seldom seen. |
