Kallioruntin kämppä
The place
Kallioruntin kämppä ("Kallioruntti Cabin") in the North Ostrobothnia region, Kuusamo/Salla area (eastern Lapland, Finland), at a true altitude of ~230 m (the listed 0 m is erroneous), arctic taiga. Part of the continuous Finland Lapland cluster (batches 240-334). Kämppä autiotupa (free wilderness cabin managed by Metsähallitus, the Finnish state agency, part of a network of 200+ free cabins), an area of boreal taiga with Scots pine and Norway spruce, home to massive Rapakivi granite formations 1.65 billion years old (typically Finnish "orbicular" rock) and to the culture of the eastern Sami (Skolt Sami, 300 people in Finland, a critically endangered UNESCO-listed language).
The setting
N. Ostrobothnia, Kuusamo/Salla, E. Finland Lapland, altitude 0 m erroneous, ~230 m actual, arctic taiga, continuous cluster batches 240-334, autiotupa Metsähallitus 200+ free cabins, Scots pine/Norway spruce, Rapakivi 1.65 billion years orbicular, Skolt Sami 300 in Finland, UNESCO critically endangered language.
