Levi is a fell in Kittilä, in Finnish Lapland, and Finland’s largest ski resort. The summit is 531 metres (1,742 feet) and the base 206 metres (676 feet), for 325 metres (1,066 feet) of vertical. The resort lists 44 slopes and 28 lifts, including the Express gondola and Gondola 2000, spread over the Front, South, West, Northeast and Southeast Slopes. There are blue, red and black slopes, snow parks, and the Leevilandia family park for children.
Levi keeps snow in covered piles over the summer, a system first built to make sure it could host the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 2016. With that stored snow, the season starts in early October on the Front Slopes and lasts until early May. Unlit natural-snow slopes usually open in February. Levi hosts women’s and men’s World Cup slalom races in November. The company that runs the slopes has done so since 1964, and Levi was the first ski resort in the Nordic countries to get ISO 14001 environmental certification.
Levi streams all eleven cams live on its YouTube channel. Zero Point is the main base in Levi centre, and South Point is the base of the South Slopes. Gondola Lower Station, Levi West Lower Station and Activity Park show other bottom stations around the fell. View From Top of Levi looks out from the summit. Levi Glacier Express shows the Glacier Express chairlift and its slopes on the Front Slopes, where the season opens on stored snow. Lifts 13/14 shows lifts 13 and 14, and Levi Six shows the Levi Six chairlift. Levi Village View and Golf Course look over the village and the valley.
Compare View From Top of Levi with the base cams to see the wind and visibility up high. On windy days the resort says some lifts may close.
Kittilä Airport is 15 kilometres (9 miles) from Levi centre, with an airport bus and taxis. Finnair flies from Helsinki to Kittilä all year, and in winter several airlines fly direct from European cities. Rovaniemi, about 170 kilometres (105 miles) south, also has an airport. The nearest railway station is Kolari, about 80 kilometres (49 miles) away, and a bus meets each arriving train. By road, Levi is 170 kilometres from Rovaniemi and 980 kilometres (609 miles) from Helsinki.
Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, says passenger cars must use winter tyres in November to March when the weather requires, with at least 3 mm of tread. From the start of December, non-studded winter tyres must carry the three-peak mountain snowflake symbol.
Levi is on the Indy Pass, with 2 days. The Indy Base Pass has blackout dates; the Indy+ Pass doesn’t. It isn’t on the Epic or Ikon Pass.