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Wilderness area in Enontekiö, Finland
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Pöyrisjärvi (Bievrrašjávri) is a wilderness area in Enontekiö in north-western Finnish Lapland by the lake with the same name, by the Norwegian border. It has varying nature and two traditional Sami summer villages, still inhabited part of the year. There are rivers suitable for fishing and canoeing and paths for cross-country biking. The area borders Øvre Anárjohka National Park in Norway, Pulju Wilderness Area and some other protected areas.
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The biggest lake in the area, with prehistoric remnants and a Sami summer village.
Large palsa bog by the east shore of Pöyrisjärvi.
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The Kalmakaltio road ends 1.7 km before the hut, but there is a path. The Käkkälöjoki canoeing route starts here, as does the Kalmakaltio–Pöyrisjärvi–Näkkälä trail (Naaltijärvi: 14 km) and a trail through Pulju Wilderness Area to Lemmenjoki National Park (Vaskolompolo: 25 km). There is accommodation for 6 persons.
The hut is just outside the wilderness area, in the Saaravuoma–Kuoskisenvuoma bog protection area. There is accommodation for 12 persons.
There is accommodation for 12 persons. There is a canyon half a kilometre west from the hut.
There is accommodation for 6 persons.
There is accommodation for 10 persons. The Naltijärvi Sami summer place is about a kilometre north from the hut. There are trails to the west (Lenkihaka: 10 km), north (Norway 10 km, Kalkujärvi 35 km) and south (Kalmakaltio: 14 km).
There is accommodation for 10 persons. There is a place for reindeer separation and marking a kilometre south of the hut. The path westwards leads to the old Sami Kalkujärvi summer village (30 km).
There is accommodation for 5 persons.
Two compartments, one functioning as open wilderness hut (12 persons), the other as reservation hut (14 persons). There is also a service building with a well. The building is at the south shore of the lake, by the mouth of the stream from Naapajärvi (which on the map is easily mistaken for a bay).
The wilderness area is best reached via Fell Lapland Nature Centre in Hetta (Heahttá), which has exhibitions and films introducing Fell Lapland and the Sami culture.
Read in the guideIn summertime the main options for moving are by foot, by mountain bike or by canoe. In wintertime you move by ski, possibly by snow mobile with locals.
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