{"id":10467,"date":"2022-01-11T13:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T11:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/?post_type=project&p=10467"},"modified":"2023-11-17T12:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:22:12","slug":"orienteering-and-geocaching","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/de\/project\/orienteering-and-geocaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Orienteering and Geocaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orienteering<\/h2>\n

The area of Saariselk\u00e4 and municipality of Inari have to offer amazing terrains for orienteering. The terrains are open and hilly fell-, hill-, and forest terrains.<\/p>\n

The most amazing thing about the terrains in Inari municipality is the pure nature. Even during the regular weekly events it is possible to get into untouched nature where you can see different animals and beautiful nature spots.<\/p>\n

The high fells and hills bring a lot of vertical meters into the tracks. The sceneries from the high places are amazing.<\/p>\n

The tracks are often scenerywise really beautifull but technically not so difficult. The orienteerer gets to challenge himself in the long climbs and to enjoy the fabulous views and beautiful nature.<\/p>\n

Network of control points<\/h3>\n

In the area of Saariselk\u00e4 there are networks of control points that are permanently in the terrain. The other one is situated directly around the village of Saariselk\u00e4, the other one is in Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n

The network of control points in Saariselk\u00e4 was built in the autumn 2013 and it consists of 34 control points. They are located between Saariselk\u00e4 and Laanila in open terrain. The network has been built in cooperation between the municipality of Inari, sports club Lapin Sudet, and local orienteerers.<\/p>\n

You can buy maps of the network from Partioaitta Saariselk\u00e4 and from Urho Kekkonen National Park Customer Service<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Network of control points in Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4<\/h4>\n

In the fell center of Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4 there is a network of 20 control points with electronic emit system. The maps and emit devices can be rented from the reception of Suomen Latu Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n

The control point in Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4 can be used all year around. Besides normal orienteering, in summer time the control points can be used for MTB-O training. In winter time it is possible to go searching for the control points on skiis or snowshoes.<\/p>\n

Geocaching<\/h2>\n

In the surroundings of Saariselk\u00e4 there are many geocaches. Geocaching is a sport where the idea is to search for treasures hidden by other enthusiasts with a map and a compass or with a GPS-device.<\/p>\n

„Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4n keino“ is geocaching trail with 67 caches. „Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4n keino“ is located in fell center Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4 and surrounding.<\/p>\n

The caches are hidden in the terrain acording to a difficulty scale which is 1-5. 1 stands for really easy which means that the cache is reachable with a wheel chair. 5 stands for extremely difficult which means that special equipment, for example climbimg equipment, are needed.<\/p>\n

The difficulty of the cache depends on how well the cache is hidden. On the scale 1 the caches can be entirely visible while on te scale 4 it is much more difficult to find the cache.<\/p>\n

You can find information about geocaches hidden by other people, report your own cache, and register online in geocaching.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The geocaches in Saariselk\u00e4 are hidden in fabulous fell and forest sceneries so by geocaching it is possible to get to know the area.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cache orienteering<\/h2>\n

Cache orienteering is an application of geocaching and orienteering. It is easy to start cache orienteering, because you don\u00b4t need to register for any service and you don’t need any tools or a GPS-device.<\/p>\n

Cache orienteering is also a suitable activity for school groups!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The idea of cache orienteering is the same than in geocaching: There are hidden caches in the terrain which are supposed to be searched for. You only need a map and the tips. These will help you in finding the treasures.<\/p>\n

Please note that the treasures should be left in the same place!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cache orienteering is possible only in summer time, because of the snow. The caches in Saariselk\u00e4 are on two different maps.<\/p>\n

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  • 0-3 km from Saariselk\u00e4 center<\/li>\n
  • 4-16 km from Saariselk\u00e4 center (Kiilop\u00e4\u00e4 – Kakslauttanen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The maps can be purchased, for example, from the Saariselk\u00e4 Booking reception, Saariselk\u00e4 INFO (Urho Kekkonen National Park Customer Service) and hotels of the area.<\/p>\n

    Tip: It is possible to search for the caches on mountain bike!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Update 01\/2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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