Ski in Himos

Skiing in Himos

Himos - Finnish Ski Resort (80m to 220m)

Himos is one of the world's newest ski centres, established in 1984. It offers one of the best mix of trails in Finland, with virtually all the lifts offering a choice of easy to difficult descents of up to 950m length. Snowboarding is also excellent and there's 100% snow making. The ski season is also quite long, starting in November and running until the first of May.

Himos

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Himos Ski Facts

Himos Ski Facts

		Expert Skiers
		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-Ski
	6	Black Pistes
	5	Red Pistes
	3	Blue Pistes
	3	Green Pistes
19km		Cross Country Pistes
11		Ski Lifts
140m		Max Vertical
220m		Highest Lift
80m		Lowest Piste
80m		Resort Altitude

Himos

The Finnish ski resort of Himos has direct access to 17 individual pistes, served by 11 ski lifts.

Snow cover is generally reliable due to the Scandinavian climate..

Snowmaking :- Himos is able to augment natural snow, on 10km of ski runs, with 75 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 11 Ski Lifts of Himos are able to uplift 11,240 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

Skiing in Himos

Himos consists of 2 ski areas; West Himos (Lansi-Himos) and North-Himos (Pohjois Himos) with 17 slopes and 11 lifts. Lift ticket is valid in both areas and a Courtesy Shuttle Service (Skibuss) will transport you between areas during weekends and holiday periods.

Thanks to their effective and modern snowmaking equipment which covers all slopes, the ski season is exceptionally long, usually November to May.

For nordic skiers, Himos has 20km of cross-country tracks, 4km of which are floodlit. The tracks are connected to public tracks in Middle Finland thus giving over 100km of cross-country tracks.

Himos is an official Finnish Freestyle training centre and the top freestylists can be seen here practicing on the jumps and training in the moguls.

Snowboarding in Himos

200 rental boards and reputedly the best park in Finland. Himos has two halfpipes and a snowboarding street with challenging jumps.

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Himos in brief

Himos Ski Resort is:
Good for Expert Skiers.
Very good for Intermediate Skiers.
Very good for Beginners.
Very good for Snowboarding.
Opened : November 1, 2012
Closed : May 1, 2013
Opening Subject To Snow Conditions.

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