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CULTURE AND
                                                                                                                      DESTINATIONS

                                                                                                                         NATURE
                                                                                                                      DESTINATIONS

                 KULHANVUORI AND                                                                                      THINGS TO DO ACCOMMODATION
                 SYVÄOJANROTKO
                                                                                                                      DINING
                                  A peaceful day-trip destination
                                  for those looking for eskers and                                                       SHOPPING AND
                                  gulches.                                                                            SERVICES

Experience one of the tallest points in Central Finland, the Kulhanvuori hill rising 260 meters
above sea level, in the Kulha nature conservation area. Trail length is about 3.5 kilometres.

                                                                          Go hiking in the mysterious Syväojan-
                                                                          rotko gulch, which is a canyon about
                                                                          one kilometre long. Its vertical cliff
                                                                          faces rise up to the treetops. The ice on
                                                                          the cliffs melts as late as in the summer,
                                                                          as the sun only shines on the northeas-
                                                                          tern wall of the canyon.

                                                                          There is a fire pit in the area with
                                                                          firewood readily available.

See a video about   Metsähallitus customer    Konttimäentie 1100                                                      MAPS AND INFO
the destination!    service: 020 639 4000,    43220 Mahlu
Take a look at the  Mon–Fri 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
map p. 67
                    www.luontoon.fi/fi/reitit/kulhanvuori-luontopolku-
                    saarijarvi-24741                                                                                  19
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