Hetta-Pallas Hiking Route other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 13–16 °C (55–61 °F)
- J-9°-15°37
- F-9°-15°32
- M-5°-11°33
- A0°-6°33
- M7°-1°44
- J13°6°70
- J16°10°98
- A14°8°91
- S8°3°60
- O1°-3°57
- N-5°-11°45
- D-8°-14°37
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Finland's first hiking route, planned 1934, goes high up in Fells from Pallas to Hetta.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 55 km · 34 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 48 km · 30 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.4 km E of Enontekiö (Tunturi-Lappi, Lapland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Lapland
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Operator (OSM)
- Parks & Wildlife Finland
- From / to
- Hetta → Pallas
- Local name
- Hetta-Pallas-vaellusreitti
- Route centre
- 68.2146, 23.8667
- Route start
- 68.3828, 23.6665
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1444449
- Official info
- nationalparks.fi/pallas-yllastunturi
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.