Snowfall warning for North Island New Zealand Issued 24 July at 10am local time. A deepening sub-tropical depression will quickly cross North Island on Saturday accompanied by a short period of gales and heavy rain. Expect easterly blizzard conditions to develop on Ruapehu as well as the ranges from the Tararuas to the Kawekas and perhaps even further north. A Cool SE flow with further bands of snow for mountains elsewhere. Many resorts have seen more than 20cm snow over the past 24hrs.

Levi, Finland

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Levi is just 15 km north of Kittila which has charter flights from the UK making it an easy alternative to the Alps. The mountains are not very high here, but its northern location almost guarantees snow right down to the bottom of the mountain. The trade off for this is the cold and the dark. Some will love it, some won't but it is different! Don't despair, the sun does give off some light from mid-January that allows you to ski without floodlights from 10 am until 2 pm but most of the slopes are illuminated anyway. The Scanners are great boarders and have pumped a lot of cash into the development of new talent. Their terrain parks are some of the best in Europe and put many of the big Alpine resorts to shame! While up there why not try some x-country skiing, or perhaps a reindeer sleigh ride! Off the slopes the town is purpose built but full of rustic charm. Prices are pretty high for most goods.

Resorts close to Levi include: Yllas (43 km), Luosto (106 km), Gällivare (201 km), Kiruna (205 km), Ruka (255 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 45	Halfpipes: 2
	Summit: 531 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 50% Int: 50% Adv: 10%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 325 m	X-Country: 230 km
	Lifts: 26 surface lifts	Snowmaking: 28%
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 19	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 29	Acres of ski: 252
	Bars: -	Nearest Airport: Kittila
	Nearest Train: Kolari	Info phone: +35816643466 \| Levi Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Levi

Donna and Rob from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

We have just returned from a week in Levi and we have had the absolute best snowboarding holiday to date. We normally go snowboarding with friends but other commitments meant that we went on our own. We stayed at Levi Star Appartments which are part of the Hotel Sirkantahti and the appartment was absolutely superb. Plenty of storage (although, if we had had 4 people in there, it would have been cozy), dishwasher, washing machine (so no dirty washing to do when we got home :-)), drying room and the all important sauna. A sauna works wonders after a long day on the slopes. And with the floodlighting, the days could be very long indeed, if you wanted them to be. The pistes were well maintained, loads of powder to sample, no queues at any of the lifts and the slopes were nice and quiet so we could practice and play about without the worry of having to 'dodge' loads of others. Levi was a lovely village with 2 great supermarkets which was more than sufficient. Everywhere was within a few minutes walk.
We had a complimentary snowmobile excursion (courtesy of our tour operator) on the first evening which was fab and we did a husky dog sled excursion which we booked through our tour operator for ease but if we were to do it again, we would probably book through the Tourist Info or one of the other booking agencies in Levi which were cheaper. The Finnish people are very polite, speak perfect English and are just the most wonderful hosts - maybe it's just a more relaxed place but even the skiers are polite !!! I got dragged along a flat by a skier who I thought had just cut me up when, in fact, he just stuck out his pole for me to grab and he dragged me along to save me having to scoot along on my board - I take it all back, skiers are just ace (or maybe just the ones in Levi anyway !!!)

Overall, a fantastic holiday. We have made our friends very envious and we are starting saving right now for a return in 2009 - can't wait :-))

2008-02-18

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