NUTS Syöte
NUTS Syöte 40 km
Iso-Syöte (Pudasjärvi)
Race guide
Updated 28 July 2026
NUTS Syöte 40 km is the longest distance at NUTS Syöte, starting and finishing at the LumiAreena at the foot of Iso-Syöte. The measured course is 40.8 km with 504 m of climbing. It runs the best trails in Syöte National Park — boreal forest single-track, esker ridges and boardwalk across bog — and finishes over the Iso-Syöte summit before the descent to the line. The start is at 11:00 on Saturday, and the finish closes at 19:00.
The course
Syöte is the softest running of the northern Finnish races: forest trail, sandy esker and long boardwalk sections over marsh, with very little technical rock. That makes it unusually runnable for a fell race, and pace expectations should be set accordingly — this is a course where a strong runner can hold a steady rhythm for hours. The sting is in the tail: the climb to the Iso-Syöte summit comes late, when the legs are already soft.
Where the race is decided
In the final summit push. Everything before it is runnable enough that the pace is easy to hold high — which is exactly why so many runners arrive at the climb having spent too much. The other thing to respect is the boardwalk: wet planks are genuinely slippery and call for a shorter stride than the forest trail on either side of them.
Pacing and fuelling
Aid is spaced through the loop, with the road crossing at Pärjänjoentie around 10 km and Loihtu around 18 km, which is also where crew can reach the course. Plan on being self-sufficient between those points. For a three-to-five hour effort that means two flasks and a steady intake of food rather than relying on the aid stations to carry the whole plan.
Cut-off and conditions
The overall limit is 8 hours, with the finish closing at 19:00. That is a comfortable allowance for 40.8 km on this terrain, so most runners are racing the course rather than the clock. Mid-June in Koillismaa means light around the clock and temperatures typically between 15 and 22 °C, with mosquitoes in the forest and soft ground after rain. No snow or ice — this is a summer race.
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Checkpoints & cut-offs
⚠ Auto-researched from public sources — aid stations and cut-offs may be incomplete. Confirm against the official roadbook before race day.
0 km · 219 m · —
10 km · 206 m · —
18 km · 228 m · —
24 km · 347 m · Day 17:00
31 km · 205 m · —
40 km · 218 m · Day 19:00
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