Pilot glasses in Muonio.

First swamp. No mosquitoes, perfect t-shirt weather!

We took this photo because the name of the place creates a very stupid wordplay in Finnish.

Pallas mountains seen in the background.

Lake Äkäsjärvi.

Evening meal at the Pahtavuoma hut. Kerttu is apparently eating through the net.

The hut is so small that even Kerttu hit her head above the door.

Even ants have a building bigger than the hut.

Starry flowers.

Cooking on the rocks somewhere near Mustakero.

Going to Ylläs though not coming all the way from Pallas.

Äkäskero, almost barren of trees.

Notice the flying hair!

Scandinavian design in birches.

Easy forest walk to lake Äkässaivo.

Tree art.

We found a lime factory.

This is the lime oven.

Durston X-mid 2 set up for the first night ever at Äkässaivo.

Lake Äkässaivo. Miraculous colour. The green on the left is underwater vegetation.

The high walls of lake Äkässaivo, the hiking/skiing route is up there. The lake is so deep that it actually goes through the Earth like a funnel. The happy Saivo people live down there, walking upside down.

Decent stairs to the deep lake.

Tiny hut at Kutujärvi. Kerttu is relaxing in a cool, mosquito free atmosphere.

Kerttu found walking poles in the forest.

Another tall anthill near Kotamaja.

At the Kotamaja forest cafe (closed today). In the winter we have skiing tracks, in the summer a swamp.

At Kotamaja.

Frying a tiny boletus mushroom on a tiny Primus pan.

Tall tent in front of the low Lainio mountain?

Kerttu using the fleece jacket as a pillowcase for the clothes bag pillow.

Not truly sleepy yet.

Ants dragging a dead horsefly up on the tent door. Why??

The breakfast table is large enough for our cooking.

It's dark inside the shelter.

Winter: ski rack, summer: sleeping bag holder.

On the Kukastunturi mountain: a half flourishing pine.

Towards the Lainio and Kesänki mountains.

Pretty bilberry leaves.

Rocky terrain on the Kukastunturi mountain; the path was easy gravel.

Mountaisn Pyhä, Aakenus, and Lainio, while standing on Kukas.

Ylläs downhill.

Hieracium Alpina.

You may want to slow down if you don't want the hike to end.

Äkäslompolo village is visible behind the lake.

In the train dog cabin.

Kerttu climbed on the top bed (3rd floor) but slept on the middle one.

Chilling on the nice bed.