The back story
Season 2026/27: Opened 2 Oct 2026 on stored snow at the Front Slopes; lasts until early May; discounted online passes valid to 2 May 2027 (levi.fi) · Ski area: 44 slopes and 26 lifts on Levi fell, with the Gondola2000 and Express cabin lifts, four terrain parks and 230 km of cross-country tracks (levi.fi) · Top viewpoint: Levi Summit, 531 m, with views across the fells of western Lapland to Pallas on a clear day · Lift pass: Adult (12–64) day €60 on site, €58.80 online, €57 online 14+ days ahead; 6 days €269 on site; child (6–11) day €37 (Levi Ski Resort, 2026/27) · Lift company: Levi Ski Resort (Oy Levi Ski Resort Ltd), running the slopes since 1964 · Getting there: Kittilä Airport 15 km, with a bus for every flight; night trains to Kolari, with a connecting bus (Finavia, levi.fi)
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The back story
Levi·In depth
From a fell near the village of Sirkka, climbed on foot by the first winter visitors of the 1930s, to Finland’s largest ski resort, with the country’s first gondola and the World Cup every November.
Where to stay, every budget
Who it suits. On a budget: Online lift passes from €57 a day booked 14 days ahead, the Ski Bus included, the Leevilandia family area at €15.50, lunch buffets at Ämmilä or the Gondola restaurant, and an evening at Water World Levi from €25. Mid-range: Hotel Hullu Poro or Hotel K5 Levi in the village, a cabin with its own sauna, and the Reindeer Feast at Kammi. Luxury: Design Hotel Levi with northern-lights rooms, a glass igloo at Levi Igloos Golden Crown with dinner at Utsu, or Hotel Levi Panorama at the summit with the Sky Bar on its seventh floor.
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Northern lights from your room · In depth
Levi·Design hotel·€€€€
Seventy-seven rooms and suites of Finnish design and art below the Levi slopes, part of Levi Hotel Spa Resort, a few steps from Water World Levi’s pools and saunas and Restaurant Kekäle’s open-fire cooking.
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On top of the fell · In depth
Levi·Glass igloo village·€€€€
Twenty-seven glass igloos at 340 metres on Utsuvaara, about 10 km from Levi, with 53 m² Suite Igloos with private hot tubs, a Northern Lights House with its own sauna, private sauna sessions and Restaurant Utsu.
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At Levi Summit · In depth
Levi·Mountain hotel·€€€
A hotel on top of Levi fell above the village, ski-in, ski-out by the Express Gondola, with rooms and suites with their own sauna, glass-roofed Sky Suites, Restaurant Panorama and the seventh-floor Sky Bar.
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Family-owned for three decades · In depth
Levi·Village hotel·€€€
The family-owned ‘Crazy Reindeer’ in the centre of Levi, with rooms and two-storey apartments with their own sauna, two sauna areas with jacuzzi, cold plunge and steam room included for guests, and more than a dozen restaurants.
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Near Kätkä fell
Levi·Boutique hotel·€€
A cosy hotel in the fell village with 35 rooms in calm natural tones and 16 K5 Villas apartments for seven to 14, a short walk from the slopes.
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At the foot of the Front Slopes
Levi·Family spa hotel·€€
Practical rooms, ‘like second homes in travel size’, at the foot of the Front Slopes in the village centre, with Water World Levi and restaurants downstairs.
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Around 700 places to stay
Levi·Cabins and apartments·€
Visit Levi books around 700 places across the fells, from simple apartments to log cabins with their own sauna, for every budget.
