Nordic Skating diary

Condition of our long nordic skating track may change rapidly, even during the same day. The tracks are maintained every day (outside heavy snowfall days). Usually skating tracks opens end of December/start of January and closes around end of March. See routes from skating map and alla routes from Winter Routes map.

19.12.

Last week's forecast turned warm and this week has been very warm. The lakes are covered with a couple of centimeters of ice and a little frost for next week. So no ice work yet. Merry Christmas!

9.12.2025 Waiting for the new season

Waiting for the skating season! On this page updates will be written when start of season approaches and during season we give information of whats the route situation and quality. Previous diarys and statistics of maintenance below.

Right now we are waiting for lakes starting to freeze - depending on various circumstances, even just a 10-12 day cold period might be enough to start ice route season. Weather forecast shows two extreme possibilities for next week, so have to wait and see.

When does the skating season / winter start? Check statistics of previous winters from diary below. Our promise in Punkaharju is, that we do absolutely everything possible on a weekly basis to keep the skating tracks open - for the last 18 years already! Circumstances change on ice depending on weeks temperature and work is daily throughout the winter.

Skating diary of past winters

Mostly regarding nordic skating tracks, but also information about cross-country skiing and other routes.

Skating diary of 2024-2025 winter
Skating diary of 2023-2024 winter
Skating diary of 2022-2023 winter
Skating diary of 2021-2022 winter
Skating diary of 2020-2021 kept only in finnish
Skating diary of 2019-2020 winter
Skating diary of 2018-2019 winter
Skating diary of 2017-2018 winter
Skating diary 2015-2016 and 2016-2017

Lenghts of past seasons

2024-2025: Start 18.12.2024, end of maintenance 25.3.2025
2023-2024: Start 4.1.2024, end of maintenance end of March
2022-2023: Start 4.1.2023, end of maintenance start of April
2021-2022: Start 23.12.2022, end of maintenance early April
2020-2021: Start 8.1.2021, end of maintenance was end of March
2019-2020: Start 1.1.2020, end of maintenance was Mid March
2018-2019: Start 12.12.2018, end of maintenance Mid March
2017-2018: Start 12.1.2018, end of maintenance early April
2016-2017: Start 19.12, end of maintenance Mid March.
2015-2016: Start 29.12., end of maintenance end of March
2012-2013: Start 28.12., end of maintenance early April