Across Three Arctic Nations

You gotta come with proper ski touring and winter camping experience to join this one! Our Level 3 is seven days of winter camping in unknown terrain inside the Arctic Circle. Each expedition is a one-off – a new location every tour. It’ll be cold. It’ll be all kinds of weather conditions coming our way. It’ll be wonderful!

Your adventure starts long before the actual trip. You’re part of all the stages of pre-planning too! We decide on a route as a crew and plan every part of the expedition together. The tent buddy teams take turns leading the pack. Although your guides are there to assist, this is about independence! Unless you're really off the rails, what you decide on pretty much goes.

This is doing the north for real! Over seven Arctic days, we’ll ski to and beyond the Three-Country Cairn where Finland, Sweden, and Norway meet. From Finland’s silver lake and Saana rising above it, to Sweden’s great white dome of Pältsa and boundless tundra, to Norway’s high plateaus with horizons that fall toward the fjords. Epic!! It truly fits for this one.

We begin in Finland, at Kilpisjärvi, where the great fell of Saana towers above the village. Its steep cliffs and broad plateau are steeped in Sámi legend, and below it lies the long silver expanse of Lake Kilpisjärvi. Early on, we reach the Three-Country Cairn, a modest marker where Finland, Sweden, and Norway meet. On the map, it’s a border, but out here it feels like the opposite – a shared wilderness flowing seamlessly across three Arctic nations.

Crossing into Sweden, we enter a vast, treeless tundra. Rising above it all is Pältsa, Sweden’s northernmost mountain – a bright white dome drawing us closer day by day. Reaching its summit is a true Arctic milestone! We follow the southeast rib as far as conditions allow, climbing steadily until the view opens wide on every side. From here we see it all: Kilpisjärvi shimmering to the east, Norway’s rugged mountains rolling toward the fjords in the west, and Sweden’s endless fell country stretching south.

In Norway, the borderlands rise into broad, windswept plateaus, with cairns marking the ridges. After a gradual climb across the tundra, the land suddenly drops away – revealing deep fjords carved into the mountains toward the Atlantic. On clear days, the Lyngen Alps appear on the horizon, sharp and dramatic against the sky. It’s a vivid contrast to the smoother domes of Sweden and the gentler fells of Finland.