Route · Ruovesi
Helvetinkolu Trail
A seven-kilometre loop to the famous rock gorge in Helvetinjärvi National Park.
Key Facts
Reviewed information; unknowns are shown explicitly.
Public transport
- Bus or train
- Not verified
- Finland Outdoors editorialLast verified 14 Sept 2026
- Estimated travel time
- Car recommended
- Finland Outdoors editorialLast verified 14 Sept 2026
Accessibility
- Step-free access
- Not verified
- Finland Outdoors editorialLast verified 14 Sept 2026
Facilities
- Campfire sites
- Available
- Finland Outdoors editorialLast verified 14 Sept 2026
- Firewood
- Not verified
- Source not recordedNot verified
- Toilets
- Not verified
- Source not recordedNot verified
- Drinking water
- Not verified
- Source not recordedNot verified
Total trip time
From Tampere city centre by car.
About 6–7.5 h
- Getting there
- 1 h
- Time on site
- 3 h 30 min
- Buffer
- 30 min
- Getting back
- 1 h
Estimate, not live timetable data. Return assumed to take as long as the outbound trip. Includes a 30-minute buffer; time on site may run up to 40% longer.
- Time on site
- 3 h 30 min
- Effort
- Moderate
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Cost
- Free
- Length
- 7 km
- Start point
- Helvetinkolu parking area
Allow 6–7.5 hours from Tampere. A full-day trip.
Highlights
- The Helvetinkolu cleft
- Cliff-top lake views
- Campfire shelter on the route
Practical information
Steep stairs and uneven rock. Avoid in icy conditions. Carry all water and food.
Getting there
No practical public transport to the trailhead.
- Tampere — 60 km · 60 min drive
Getting there A trip in itself
Travel times are editorial estimates, not live routing.
Effort and terrain
7 km, 3.5 h at a normal pace.
Also nearby
Suggested by distance and day-planning fit, not an editorial pairing.
Place · Tampere
Kaupinoja Sauna
81 min away and turns the hiking into a sauna afternoon.
A small wood-heated public sauna at the edge of the Kauppi forest, with a lake ladder.
Total trip about 3.25–4.25 h from Tampere city centre by public transport · 25 min each way · estimate
Place · Tampere
Kauppi Recreation Area
81 min away and turns the hiking into a sauna afternoon.
A large city forest of running trails, ski tracks and lake shore, minutes from the centre.
Total trip about 3.75–4.75 h from Tampere city centre by public transport · 20 min each way · estimate
Place · Tampere
Rajaportin Sauna
84 min away and turns the hiking into a sauna afternoon.
The oldest public sauna in Finland still in use, in the Pispala neighbourhood.
Total trip about 3–4 h from Tampere city centre by public transport · 15 min each way · estimate