Levi slope angle map
Levi (Levitunturi) is a 530 m fell, an open treeless hill of Finnish Lapland, in Kittilä, with Sirkka village at its foot and pistes on several sides. On the map, most of the fell is uncoloured, colour gathers west of the summit, and 35–39°, the steepest class here, appears in short sections, mainly at Pahtakuru on Kätkätunturi.
How steep is the terrain around Levi?
Within about a kilometre of the Levi summit, roughly a sixth of the terrain is 20° or steeper on the map; 30–34° is the steepest class, in short sections, and the west side carries the most colour. Groomed pistes and natural fell slopes are coloured alike, so this is not the piste map. The gorges Lammaskuru and Utsuvaarankuru near the summit are mostly uncoloured; at Lammaskuru the colour sits mainly on the south side. Kätkätunturi, 5.5 km west beyond Lake Immeljärvi, has about a fifth coloured around its top, but at Pahtakuru on its north-east side about two fifths is 20° or steeper and 35–39° appears in short sections.
Planning a trip to Levi: zones, access rules and slope angle
Levi Ski Resort has five marked ski touring routes (R.1 to R.5); ski touring in the piste area outside those routes, or outside the stated opening hours, is prohibited. Freeriders use the Northeast Slopes freeride area with its ungroomed slopes. Hikers use the Levitunturi and Rakkavaara trails and the loops Kätkän kierros (14.6 km) and Pyhän kierros (23 km). Levi, Kätkätunturi and Immeljärvi lie outside Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park; the nearest park fell is Aakenustunturi, about 19 km south-west, where park rules apply. Zoom in on the three gorges, the west side of the summit and the ground outside the piste areas.
Where to check the avalanche forecast for Levi
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) publishes the official avalanche forecast for the Ylläs-Levi region, one of six on a single page, daily for three days ahead from about the turn of the year to late April. It applies to unmanaged natural slopes, not groomed pistes, and the local Ylläs forecast does not cover Levi. Levi Ski Resort states only that its marked ski touring routes avoid avalanche terrain; FMI advises avoiding gorges, which act as terrain traps, cornices, and the foot of slopes, where avalanche snow piles up.
- Finnish Meteorological Institute: avalanche forecast
- Finnish Meteorological Institute: background on avalanche warnings in Lapland
- Luontoon.fi (Metsähallitus): avalanche safety for hikers (in Finnish)
This map is not an avalanche forecast or a safety assessment: base your decisions on the official forecast, the weather and what you see on site.
How to read the slope classes
The colours start at 20°; the six classes are listed below. Terrain with no colour is below 20° or a gap in the source data. The map gives no point values: compare each colour with the legend, and zoom in, because when zoomed out each pixel shows the steepest value in the area it covers.
- 20–24° blue
- 25–29° light green
- 30–34° yellow
- 35–39° orange
- 40–44° red
- ≥45° magenta
Data and grid size
The slope classes are computed from the official elevation model named below, on a 2 m grid. They show terrain shape, not snow, weather or trail conditions.
- Published resolution
- 2 m
- Coordinate system
- EPSG:3067
- Coverage checked
- 2026-10-03
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