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Voted 3rd out of 4 reviewed ski resorts in Finland
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Ideal for families and beginners
Reviewed 20 May 2014
The slopes are nice and wide. If you’re a beginner, the skiing is absolutely perfect in the fact that you’re not worrying that you’re going to be knocked over so your confidence can grow really quickly. I don’t know about other times of year but the slopes weren’t busy at all when we were there. They don’t really have as much for advanced skiers but for kids and beginners it’s fantastic.
It was really cold (-15C) so we could only do a few runs and then we had to come in. There’s a nice log fire in the restaurant at the bottom of the slopes where we could stop off for hot chocolate and at the end of other slopes, they had fire pits which you could sit round to warm up. It does get dark quite early but this didn’t bother us as when you ski with kids you don’t tend to ski the whole day anyway.
We went here about 6 years ago when the kids were younger and did the reindeer and Santa Claus thing. If you have young children it’s absolutely ideal, our friends took their children to one of the Santa parks but Ruka was much nicer as they only have a maximum of 12 kids at a time and the children can meet him in a log cabin.
In terms of accommodation, if you have small children, the log cabins are a lovely setting but they’re also quite a walk and you have to get a bus. We stayed in the Ruka suites this time round which are more central and getting around was really easy.
Good for beginners
Reviewed 16 May 2014
Ruka is a bit flat to be honest. There aren’t really any big mountains there. It’s good for beginners for this reason. There aren’t many testing runs. You would get a bit bored as an advanced skier, we ended up doing the same runs over and over. There are a few other bits and bobs to do like the Reindeer experience, or the northern lights, and there are snow mobiles just round the corner from the Village Inn Apartments. We just skied the whole time, and in the evenings we were knackered from skiing so we just chilled in our rooms. There’s a snowboard park which we went to a bit, there are some good jumps and a half pipe. It’s a nice place but I wouldn’t go back because the skiing is limited and it was so cold and get dark early. I’ve been to France and Austria and Italy, I think I prefer Söll which is similar in terms of cost and a fun place. France is definitely more expensive.
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