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Pieni Karhunkierros

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Drawn from the real elevation of Pieni Karhunkierros.
StyleTopographic
Size 18×24″
Print only, rolled in a tube. Fits a standard 18×24″ frame.
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The print

Printed to order at 300 DPI, rendered natively at your size and never upscaled. Print only; the frame in the photos is for scale.

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Pieni Karhunkierros · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Pieni Karhunkierros trail

Pieni Karhunkierros is a 5.2-mile loop in Finland, climbing 329 feet between 579 and 827 feet above sea level. The steepest pitch reaches 22 percent, against an average of 63 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderate band. The nearest town is Kuusamo, 22 miles away.

The trail

Karhunkierros (Finnish for Bear's Round) is a hiking trail that stretches from Salla to Kuusamo in north-eastern Finland. The route was first marked in 1955, and has since become the most popular hiking trail in Finland, attracting some 15,000 hikers every year, mainly over the high season lasting from mid-July to late September.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Questions about the Pieni Karhunkierros print

What sizes does the Pieni Karhunkierros poster come in?
4 sizes: 12×16″ $39, 18×24″ $59, 24×32″ $79, 30×40″ $99. Every size is printed natively at 300 DPI, from $39.
Is this made from real elevation data?
Yes. The contours and elevation profile are drawn from USGS 3DEP and AWS Terrain Tiles sampled along the actual Pieni Karhunkierros track.
How hard is Pieni Karhunkierros?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderate band: 5.2 mi loop with 329 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.

Trail geometry for this print: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles. The derived trail dataset is published at /open-data. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.