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Snowshoeing in Inari: which walk to book

A single line of footprints winding across open snow between frost-covered pines on a white, overcast day

Illustration photo: footprints among frosted pines, not from the Inari trips.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

With children, or without winter clothing of your own, book Visit Inari's evening walk from the village. For open fells, book Muotkan Ruoktu: the shorter walk if you want it slow, the longer one if you want to climb and feel the effort, and come dressed for skiing to either.

How the operators compare

Prices are the operators' own published starting prices as of the date this guide was updated, and they change through the season.

Visit InariMuotkan Ruoktu, 2 hMuotkan Ruoktu, 3 h
Price from €106 €120 €130
Child price €74.20 (7–11) Not stated Not stated
Duration 2.5 h 2 h 3 h
Winter clothing Included Bring your own Bring your own
Pick-up Hotels in Inari village Not stated Not stated

Only the adult price is marked, as arithmetic. It is also the only one of the three that includes clothing and a pick-up.

Where these figures come from
  • Visit Inari: An evening walk from Inari village at half past eight, three nights a week, with thermal clothing and a snack by the fire.
  • Muotkan Ruoktu, 2 h: A slow two-hour walk in the Muotkatunturi wilderness for first-timers, ending by a fire.
  • Muotkan Ruoktu, 3 h: A faster three-hour walk over the same fells, with climbs, for walkers in good condition.

Inari’s guided snowshoe walks on the pages we read come from two companies: one in the village, one in a fell village on the road north.

From the village, after dark

Visit Inari walks out at half past eight on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings from December to early April. It lends thermal equipment, serves a hot drink and a picnic snack by the fire, takes children from seven at a child price, and picks up from hotels in the village.12 The company says there is no refund if the aurora does not appear on its aurora tours.3

In the Muotkatunturi fells

Muotkan Ruoktu sells two walks in the Muotkatunturi wilderness. The two-hour one is slow on purpose, for people who have never snowshoed, and ends by a fire.4 The three-hour one moves faster and climbs, for walkers in good condition, with coffee or tea and local treats on a break.5 Both ask you to come in warm ski clothing and sturdy boots, and both refund in full if extreme weather stops the outing.

Tours you can book

Questions people ask

How do we get to Muotkan Ruoktu without a car?

Its listings give a meeting point but no pick-up, and place the village by Route 92, the road the company says runs on towards the North Cape. Without a car, ask the company before booking whether it can collect you or suggest a taxi, and add that cost when comparing it with the village walk, which picks up from hotels in Inari.

What if we need to cancel?

Both Muotkan Ruoktu walks, as sold on the listings we read, can be cancelled free of charge until 24 hours before the start. The Visit Inari pages we read state no cancellation terms for the evening walk, so ask the company before booking what you would get back, and by when, if your plans or the weather change.

Is there a walk closer to Ivalo?

Yes. Ivalo, about half an hour south, has a small-group walk with a free pick-up in town and an evening trek with transfers that also reach Inari, compared in [snowshoeing in Ivalo](/guides/snowshoeing-ivalo/). If you are staying between the two, the evening trek from Ivalo is the one that comes to you.

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Lapland Handbook Staff

Lapland Handbook is written by its editorial staff in Rovaniemi. Every price, age limit and group size in a comparison is read from the operator's own page and marked "Not stated" when the operator does not publish it. Each guide names who should not book, and names the operator that suits each kind of group, whichever it is.

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