On the season opening day and weekend, the slopes in Saarua will be open on stored snow. The open lifts will be Gondola (B), SaaruaExpress (H) and Saarua III (G) chair lift. The lifts are open as of 6th of October from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Check up-to-date lift opening hours here.
Weekend is going to be full of action when Arctic Weekend is taking over Ruka with on-slope and off-slope events such as test center, movie premiers, workshops, lectures and much more.
Detailed program for the opening weekend will be published later. We reserve the right to make changes.
In Ruka, the ski season opening is also a biking day. At the ski season opening, you can include biking in your weekend program. Read more about Ruka Bike Park.