Ylläs · Finnish Lapland, two villages on one fell
Ylläs. One fell, two villages, the longest runs in Finland.
Finland's largest ski resort sits on a single fell with a village on each side: 63 slopes, 26 lifts, a gondola to the top, and 320 km of cross-country trail running into Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. Kittilä Airport is a 30-minute drive.
Why Ylläs
Long runs, long trails, long season.
Ylläs is where Finns go for the big fell rather than the resort village. Half the slopes are over a kilometre, the trails start at the cabin door, and the lifts run into May. Snow comes early and stays – the season target is 21 November.
Almost half of the slopes are over 1 km, eight are over 2 km and the longest on the Ylläsjärvi side run to 3 km, with a vertical drop of up to 464 m. A gondola on the south side takes you to the top of the fell in minutes.
Ylläs maintains 320 km of cross-country trails, and a large part of the tracks and winter trails run through Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, which covers over 1,000 km². A trail fee of 10 € per day or 25 € per week applies.
Äkäslompolo on the north side and Ylläsjärvi on the south side are 15 km apart by road; from the top lift station you choose which side to ski down to, and a Ski Bus links the villages and the slopes through the season.
Where to stay
Äkäslompolo or Ylläsjärvi: the busy village or the quiet gondola side.
Most beds at Ylläs are log cabins. Äkäslompolo on the north side has the shops, restaurants and hotels; Ylläsjärvi on the south side is quieter and has the gondola and the 3 km slopes. The Ski Bus links both to the lifts.
Hotels in the middle of Äkäslompolo village sit close to shops, restaurants and the Ski Bus route that runs from Helukka via the village's hotels to the Äkäslompolo slopes.
Search Ylläs →The area has well over 21,000 beds, most of them in log cabins of different standards spread around the two villages and along the trail network.
Search Ylläs →The quieter Ylläsjärvi side is home to the gondola, the 3 km slopes and the snow parks, with the ski resort's south ticket office in the village.
Search Ylläs →Live cross-country ski trail report
See which cross-country tracks were groomed this morning.
Ylläs's grooming machines report live to Visit Ylläs trail map – Äkäslompolo, Ylläsjärvi and the national park trails. Green means freshly groomed; check before you choose your loop for the day.
Cross-country skiing in Ylläs: trails, floodlit loops, rental →
Trail data: Visit Ylläs trail map
Getting there
Fly to Kittilä or take the night train to Kolari – both are a 30-minute drive from Ylläs
Kittilä Airport (KTT) is about 35 km from Ylläs with scheduled flights from major European cities and several daily Helsinki connections; an airport bus and taxis cover the roughly 30-minute transfer, and an Airport Express runs in winter. VR's night trains run from Helsinki (via Tampere and Oulu) to Kolari with sleeping cabins and the option to bring your car; a shuttle bus covers the 35 km from Kolari station to the villages. Äkäslompolo and Ylläsjärvi are 15 km apart and connected by the Ski Bus.
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Stays with their own page
81 places to stay in Ylläs, each on its own page.
Beds, what is included, conditions and the supplier's own description – then live prices for your week.
Season 2026/27
Lapland from November to May. Book the fell, not the brochure.
Live prices for cabins, apartments and hotels on both sides of Ylläs. Lifts planned from 21 November 2026 to early May 2027.