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Arctic Trail

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FinlandNorwaySweden800 km · 497 mi

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Thu 12

Overcast

-6°C / -7°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 12 km/h

Good

Fri 13

Light snow

-4°C / -7°C

31% · 0.1 mm

Wind 14 km/h

Fair

Sat 14

Fog

-5°C / -13°C

40% · 0.0 mm

Wind 10 km/h

Fair

Sun 15

Snow showers

-3°C / -10°C

57% · 3.8 mm

Wind 12 km/h

Fair

Mon 16

Light snow

-4°C / -13°C

33% · 0.3 mm

Wind 7 km/h

Fair

Tue 17

Fog

-4°C / -15°C

37% · 0.0 mm

Wind 7 km/h

Fair

Wed 18

Light snow

-6°C / -14°C

35% · 0.6 mm

Wind 6 km/h

Fair

Route

20 kmN ↑

Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.

About this trail

Nordkalottruta or Arctic Trail is a marked hiking trail in the Arctic region of the Nordic countries. It has a total length of 800 km (500 mi) and lies along the border of Norway, Sweden and Finland. It begins at Kautokeino and 380 km (240 mi) of the trail lies in Norway, 350 km (220 mi) in Sweden and 70 km (43 mi) in Finland. The trail crosses international borders 15 times and ends in the south in Sulitjelma (Norway) or alternately Kvikkjokk (Sweden).

From the Wikipedia article “Nordkalottruta”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Length
800 km · 497 mi (Wikidata)
Countries
Finland, Norway, Sweden
Continent
Europe
Trail point
67.46375, 16.90201 (OpenStreetMap route (first mapped point))
OSM network
International walking network
Wikidata
Q1042834
OpenStreetMap
relation 2437984
Official info
reisanasjonalpark.no/en/nordkalott-trail

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Photo: “Kalottireitti Meekonjärvellä.JPG” by MattiPaavola, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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