Ylläs Tundra Mountain

Ylläs Tundra mountain is a great holiday destination with lots of recreational activities and convenient facilities for tourists. It was recognized early in the 1940s a unique skiing holiday destination with the many other Tundra fells near the Ylläs Tundra Mountain.

Ylläs Tundra Mountain has been developed for tourism over many years especially for alpine skiing and snowboarding, and telemark skiing with trail lighting. A large area of the surrounding land also has network of connecting trails for telemark and cross country skiing. There are many on trail cafe log cabins for short rest meal/snack breaks refreshments and to rest.  There are also many snowmobile operators in the region with trained guides for day trips or further overnight stays on the field.

Ylläs Tundra Mountain has been extensively developed for downhill skiing and snowboarding, there are many downhill runs and courses, t-bars, chair lift and a 55 cabin gondola lift for convenient transportation up to the hill.  There are two food outlets on the top of the  Ylläs Tundra Mountain summit, both cafe style serving mainly coffee & tea, buns/rolls, beverages, snacks, and other food items.  There are also food services and accommodation at the base of the east side of the Ylläs Tundra Mountain, it is from the east side that the gondola lift runs from to the summit.

The north side slope has Y1 ski center with many services, the west side of the Ylläs Tundra Mountain is called the aurinko Rinne (meaning the sunny slope) it has the chair lifts and a cafe at the base.  Also on the northeast side, there is the Joker ski slope with cafe food and beverage service at the bottom of the ski run.

On the northeast side slope of the Ylläs Tundra Mountain, there is the Joker ski run with a cafe on the base for food and beverage service.  There are many t-bar ski lifts that service all of the ski runs on the Ylläs Tundra Mountain.

The Ylläs Tundra Mountain north side ski centre is called the Y1.

Ylläs Tundra Mountains a natural landmark that stands out in the Nordic Tundra region, it stands at 719 meters elevation, relative to the Nordic region of Lapland it is a very high altitude, and it is often buffeted by strong winds during the winter and the spring season.

The temperatures often dip down to extreme -20C to -30C.