The snowmobile ride gets you into the middle of the wilderness to see the breathtaking fell landscapes. A professional safari guide will safely guide even a first-timer into the secrets of driving a snowmobile. When you have gathered experience, you can drive all the way to Sweden and Norway from Levi.

SNOWMOBILE DRIVING IN LEVI

Levi’s surroundings are a snowmobile driver’s dream – lots of snow, great landscapes, and varied trails. There is almost 900km (560 mi) of snowmobile routes around Levi. 

You can get the most out of the experience by taking other people into account and paying attention to safe traffic on the trails. Stay on the route, follow instructions, take other people into account, and enjoy the ever-changing landscapes on a snowmobile. Using a helmet is mandatory, both for the drivers and people in a sleigh. A snowmobile driver is required to have a driving license. Please note that you are not allowed to ride a bicycle on snowmobile trails during wintertime.

The maximum speed limit is 80 km/h (49 mph) on the river basin, 60 km/h (36 mph) on terrain routes, and 30 km/h (18 mph) in village centres, and dangerous places. The speed limits are visible on the trails on traffic signs. Remember to adapt the speed and distance to your skills. Remember also to follow the alcohol limits set out in Road Traffic legislation.

Before leaving to drive a snowmobile, we recommend getting a map from Visit Levi tourist info. The map is 10 € it includes all the snowmobile routes, service and gas points, and safari company locations. By buying the map you will also support this hobby at Levi. Profits from the map are used to maintain the trails as well as possible.

The electronic sled service enables you to see the Kittilä snowmobile routes and the maintenance situation right on your mobile device. The service also points out the cafés, huts, lean-tos, and wilderness huts which you may want to use. You can measure the lengths of different routes and save your map views with places to take a break.

Snowmobile tracks

Levi is a pleasant place for snowmobiling and to enjoy of beautiful Lappish landscape. Now you may plan your daily snowmobiling tours with your tablet or smart phone. When you take your phone along, the map follows you where ever you go. There is almost 900 km of official snowmobiling routes in Kittilä and Levi area.

The electric Levi Snowmobile Service shows snowmobiling routes in a completely new way. By using zoom function you are able to study enhanced map selections, explore terrain details and find familiar places by taking advantage of the aerial map. The 3D Efect Map enabes intensified elevation views. In addition you may select a so called embossed terrain view including all elevation zones for every selected map.

Snowmobile Service shows you maintained snowmobiling routes with different colours. The locations of cafes, wind shelters and recess huts etc along the snowmobiling routes are also shown. You can measure selected route lenghts and store your own map views with selected services along the trails. The Snowmobile Service enables you to share your favorite snowmobiling tours even in social media or via email.

Before starting off it is good to remember a few things. The driver of a snowmobile must hold a valid driving licence. The speed limit is 80 km/h on open routes, 60 km/h on forest routes and 30 km/h in populated areas, villages and danger zones. Pay attention to the traffic signs; they indicate the speed limits. In addition, the drink-drive limit as laid out in the Road Traffic Act must be obeyed. The speed and distance should first and foremost match your own skills. Please observe that wearing a helmet is mandatory whether travelling on the snowmobile or in a sleigh.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Service supports IE8+, Firefox, Chrome and Opera browsers without separate Java installation. It has been optimized to operate also in mobile devices such as Android, iPad etc. tablets as well as in cellular phones with GPS positioning.

The Service takes mobile use restrictions into account in terms of usability and limited performance. When opening the Ski Track Service or Snowmobile Route Service in a mobile device, it has alternatives to use as mobile version or computer version by asking ”Do you want to use mobile version?”.

Mobile version contains the same maps and information as the normal version. In addition you can see your own location on the map, depending on your device GPS capabilities. Your own direction of movement is indicated by an arrow positioned in the centre of display.

The season fees of the Levi Ski Track Service or Snowmobile Route Service are used for snowmobile route network maintenance and upkeep. Map contents come from the the National Land Survey of Finland (Maanmittauslaitos). Levi Ski Track Service is produced by InfoGIS locator service.