Private Snowshoeing, Ski Guides & Winter Nature Tours
Explore Lapland quietly with private snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and winter nature tours, with a guide who sets the pace to your group.
Private Snowshoeing & Ski Experiences
Not every winter day needs speed. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing show the forests, fells and viewpoints at walking pace, with a private guide choosing the route for the group.
They suit couples, families and anyone who wants to see the landscape slowly, and they fit easily around another activity.
- Private snowshoe tour
- Private ski guide
- Cross-country skiing
- Winter hiking
- Family nature tours
- Photography-focused walks
- Open-fire lunch
Who Guides You
Walks and ski tours are led by local nature guides who know the forests and fells around Rovaniemi and Levi. Your guide plans the route around your group and sets a pace everyone can keep.
What Mr Charles adds
- The private guide, held for your group
- Your transfer to the trailhead
- Equipment sizes sent ahead
- One contact if anything changes
Which Day Suits You
Snowshoe Walk
- Pace
- Walking, with stops
- Suits
- Beginners and families
- Break
- A warming stop
Cross-Country Skiing
- Pace
- Steady, on prepared tracks
- Suits
- Beginners with instruction, or experienced skiers
- Break
- A warming stop
Fell Day
- Pace
- Longer, with a climb
- Suits
- Confident walkers
- Break
- An open-fire lunch
A Day on Snowshoes
- 01
Pickup From Your Residence
Your chauffeur drives you to the trailhead, where your guide meets you.
- 02
Kit Fitted
Snowshoes or skis, poles and warm layers checked before you set off. Sizes are sent ahead, so the kit is ready when you arrive.
- 03
Into the Forest
At walking pace, with the guide reading the snow and the light. No experience is needed, and the route is adapted to your group.
- 04
A Viewpoint
A stop where the trees open out, for the view and the photographs.
- 05
Fire and Lunch
A warming stop with hot drinks on a walk or a ski, or an open-fire lunch on a fell day.
- 06
Back to the Door
Returned to your residence.
Provided, and What to Bring
Provided
- Snowshoes or skis, and poles
- Thermal outerwear, where needed
- A private guide
- Hot drinks on the trail
- Transfers from and to your residence
Please bring
- Warm base layers, wool rather than cotton
- Thick socks and a scarf
- Any medication needed that day
- A charged phone, because cold drains batteries
- Your own camera, if you shoot
Shoe sizes are confirmed before the day.
What to Know Before You Go
- Snowshoeing is accessible to beginners, and routes are adapted to the group
- Cross-country tracks are kept through the winter in the main resorts
- Private ski instruction can be arranged through local ski schools
- Days are short in midwinter, so routes are planned around the light
Questions About Snowshoeing and Ski Guides
Anything not covered here, send it to us and a person replies within 30 minutes, 24 hours a day.
Yes. Snowshoeing suits beginners, and the route is adapted to the group.
Yes. Private ski instruction is arranged through local ski schools.
Yes. An open-fire lunch or a warming break can be part of the route.
Yes. A chauffeur can take you to and from the starting point.
Yes. Family routes are shorter and gentler, with plenty of stops.
Very. Walks can be planned around the low winter light, with stops at viewpoints.