Flat summit
Wide views.
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Saana is a fell in Enontekiö municipality in the far northwest of Finnish Lapland, overlooking the village and lake of Kilpisjärvi near the borders with Norway and Sweden. Its summit stands 1,029 metres above sea level and 556 metres above the adjacent Kilpisjärvi lake. Geologically it belongs to the Scandinavian Mountains and is made of the same schist and gneiss rock. Hikers and backpackers come for the sweeping views from the top. In December 2017, to mark a century of Finnish independence, the fell was lit in blue light over about 2.5 million square metres, the largest art illumination in the world. It has a tundra climate, with no month averaging above 10 °C. The fell's massive bulk, with steep sides and a flat top, rises above the blue Kilpisjärvi lakes, its slopes skirted by dwarf birch that turns red and gold in autumn. From the summit the view stretches over lakes and mountains to the horizon. Hikers climb a trail starting near Kilpisjärvi village, with boardwalks and then a long stairway, taking a few hours up and down. The weather changes fast; the short summer and autumn are the best seasons, and in summer the sun stays above the horizon at night.
Wide views.
Autumn colours.
Blue.
Kilpisjärvi, Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland
A few hours there and back.
Summer and early autumn.