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Scandinavia.TMO2003050
Scandinavia.TMO2003050. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Scandinavia.TMO2003050
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Ylläs
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Ylläs.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Ylläs, or Yllästunturi in Finnish, is a 719-metre (2,359 ft) high fell in the municipality of Kolari in the Finnish Lapland.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Ylläs is also a popular tourist destination during the summer months with activities such as hiking, biking, fishing and canoeing.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Ylläs
The nearest railway station is at Kolari (37 km/23 mi distance with direct trains to Helsinki) and the nearest airport is Kittilä Airport (39 km/24 mi distance).
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Yllastunturi 20090301
A view of a slope at Sport Resort Ylläs (aka Iso-Ylläs) in Yllästunturi. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- A view of a slope at Sport Resort Ylläs (aka Iso-Ylläs) in Yllästunturi
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
Ylläs is the second largest ski resort in Lapland, after Levi.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Ylläs is recorded at 67.555° N, 24.258° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 718 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Scandinavia.TMO2003050
Scandinavia.TMO2003050. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Scandinavia.TMO2003050
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
TODAY
Ylläs now
In the Ylläs area there are: 330 kilometres (210 mi) cross-country skiing tracks, 38 kilometres (24 mi) of which are lit 61 ski slopes 29 ski lifts Other fells near Ylläs are Kukastunturi, Lainiotunturi, Kuertunturi, Kesänki, Pyhätunturi and Aakenustunturi.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Scandinavia.TMO2003050
AOD.EU.YLLAS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Yllastunturi 20090301
AOD.EU.YLLAS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Ylläs overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.