The ski rental of Saariselkä worked nicely and Covid-19 was taken seriously: in through one and out through another door, desinfection and masks offered, benches wiped after every customer, all personnell wearing masks (and Christmas suites), fluent service. Only drawback is the price and the fact that our skiers had forgotten their own ski glasses home. Glasses are sold but not rented in the ski shop. I did not ski but I heard they had had good fun even if they are used to the Alps!

Hello there,, We’re in Lapland to see the northern lights and we thought we’d spend the day skiing and Snowboarding.. my wife and I split up as it’s her first time skiing and my first time snowboarding. We took private lessons off the website and came a few minutes early. The experience was overall great and highly recommended but there is space to improve the website and make more user friendly especially to foreigners who may need more than one service. The school was great and the instructors were amazing (Anna and Julia specifically) the services were very well maintained and the restaurant had quite the selection of snacks and drinks (although I still didn’t manage to get a proper cup of coffee in Finland.. sorry! It’s not the resorts fault). Highly recommended for the service, book your lesson or pass online and you can rent items straight from the resort (if you have difficulty with the website). Note: it would have been helpful to state that you don’t need a pass if you’re going to the ski school, but they were nice enough to refund in cash when they found out Enjoy! Fahad A.

My husband and I spent a week in Saariselka, and we ended up at the Ski slopes for 3 days and and spending an evening tobogganing! The skiing was great, much more chilled out compared to the Alps, we basically had the slopes to ourselves! It's only a small area, and also because the day light is limited it's perfect for a relaxed couple of days. I hadn't skied for a few years so I booked a coaching session one morning which was with Anna, who was really great! Helped me to get my confidence back a bit and took us down the slopes in stages giving us helpful tips and tricks. The coaching was great value too as you got the lesson, ski hire and a day pass for the lifts all included! We found all the gear excellent and the staff in the hire shop really friendly and helpful. Perfect place for beginners and such a beautiful area. We easily walked to and from town, but I got the ski bus the morning of my lesson which runs to a set timetable from the bus stops around town, and costs 5 Euro for a day pass. There toboggan run was great fun, using the same lift as the skiers you go to the top and then follow the lights back down to the bottom of the lift, as long as you slow down a bit for the bend it was awesome! We did that run about 5 times! So fun. Also at the end of your skiing when you have finished with your pass you can get a 3 Euro discount in the Bistro! The food is good and the hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream is also excellent!