Ruka Ski Resort offers 41 slopes and 22 lifts as well as over 200 days of snow. There are over 400 km of well-maintaned cross country ski trails in Kuusamo area.
Head towards a gym, an outdoor CrossFit training session, a sports field or an ice rink. We have well maintained sports facilities for all the most common sports.
In Ruka, you can ice skate at the ice rink of Ruka school (Rukankouluntie 30). Ice skating at the ice rink of Ruka school is possible on weekday evenings from 15:00 onwards and weekends (when school is out).
Several skating rinks have been prepared at Kaltiolampi in Ruka village and at the Ruka Ski Stadium for the Ruka Ice Hockey Tournament taking place on January 16–18, 2025. Public use of these rinks is not permitted before the tournament. After the event, starting January 19, 2025, the rinks will be open for skating, but they will not be maintained or cleared of snow.
In Kuusamo, the Sports Centre ice rink, the Nilo ice rink, Tolpanniemi skating area and the Toranki school skating area are in use, on weekdays from 15:00 forwards and weekends. Also the Käylä ice rink is in use (light switch in the light pole on the left).
Ice skating rinks are presented on Kuusamo.fi website (in Finnish only). See link below for location of ice skating rinks on map as well as information about maintenance.
There are plenty of snow sledding slopes in Ruka area and at Kuusamo city centre and you can use them free of charge! Snow racing on certain ski slopes at evenings is available from December until April. Rosa&Rudolf Family Park has a super fun Snow Tubing slope. Snow racing and snow tubing require special ski passes.
We have several activity parks and spaces as well as lots of other activities indoors.
Kuusamo centre has plenty of different sports facilities, both indoors and outdoors. There is a swimming pool, gym, facilities for indoor ball games, indoor ice skating rink and several outdoor sports fields.
In the vicinity of Talvijärvi, you can find an outdoor gym for independent crossfit training. The outdoor gym is located along the FIS5 cross country ski trail, below Ski-Inn Aurinkorinne in the vicinity of the Rukatonttu parking area.
Sets of stairs suitable for exercise can be found in Ruka Ski Stadium next to the small and large ski jumping hills. You can sprint up and down the stairs regardless of the weather in the building with the escalator leading from the Ski Stadium to Ruka village.
Käylä 80-step fitness stairs are combined to the Käylä jogging track. Occasional winter maintenance on the stairs, a snow brush can be found at the bottom of the stairs.
Where can I play billiards in Ruka?
You can find a billiard table in Ruka village at least in Colorado Bar & Grill (on the bar side), Scandic Rukahovi, and Ruka Bowling Alley.
Where can I watch hockey and football on a big screen?
You can watch sports on a big screen in Ruka village at the lobby bar of Scandic Rukahovi and Colorado Bar & Grill (on the bar side), as well as at O'Learys restaurant located near Kuusamo city center in Holiday Club Kuusamon Tropiikki.
