Rental hut

Vášku / Vaskojoki

Number of beds

3 beds

Size (in square metres)

10 m²

Coordinates

Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 68° 47.5527' lon: 25° 36.7223' ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 7631863 E: 443970

The Vášku / Vaskojoki rental hut is located in a wilderness zone of the Lemmenjoki National Park. Navigation skills are needed to get to the hut. The hut is not accessible during the thaw. The log cabin is suited for winter use and was built by the Finnish Air Force's Lapinmaja Foundation in 1966. The hut was renovated at spring 2021. The same building houses an open wilderness hut, and there is a sauna in the yard.

A rental hut is a place for an overnight stay that can be rented for only your use.

Terms of reservation for huts

Reservations

Tips for a smooth booking

Create a customer account and make your reservations as a logged‑in customer. Read more about the benefits of a customer account.
Pay for your order by the due date. A paid order cannot be modified. Read more about the terms of reservation.
Make all reservations under the same order if you book several huts or other sites for the same trip. According to the reservation terms, the minimum refundable amount per order is €30.
Make reservations under separate orders if you book huts or other sites for several different trips. Managing separate reservations is easier, and you will receive a separate due date for each one, 14 days before the start of the reservation.
Ensure a safe trip to the hut. Read the checklist.

Notes for all bookers

The reservation day for shared rental huts and rental huts begins at 2 pm and ends at 12 noon.
By following the hut etiquette, you ensure that the use of hut is smooth. Learn about the hut etiquette (luontoon.fi).

Notes for corporate customers

A foreign company can place an order in the company's name only as an unregistered customer.
When a company regularly takes its customers to destinations with hiking infrastructure maintained by Metsähallitus, it must have a cooperation agreement. Read more in the information bank for entrepreneurs.

Rental hut

Price list 1.6.2026–

Duration	Hut
Duration	140,00 €

The cabin is available for booking for::1.6.2026–1.1.2027, 2.1.2027–1.1.2028

May 2026

Arrival date

Departure date

Basic details of the destination

Municipality: Inari
Region: Lappi
Location: Lemmenjoki National Park
Heating: Stove
Electricity: No
Cooking: Gas stove
Drinking water: Lake/river nearby, must be brought yourself
Toilet: Dry toilet
Staying overnight: Bed, blankets, bunk bed, mattresses, pillows
Pets: Prohibited
Sauna: Yes

What's new

Arrival instructions

The hut is situated at the mouth of the River Puordnajoki which flows from the south into the River Vaskojoki. It is on the east bank in the southwesternmost cape at the mouth of the river.
The road to Njurkulahti and Lemmenjoki (road number 9551) branches off from the Inari-Kittilä road (road number 955). You can drive all the way to the village of Njurkulahti, from where you continue on foot or by skis to the hut.
There are no public transport connections from Inari to Njurkulahti. In the summer, a route boat also departs from Njurkulahti to Kultahamina, from where it is still about 20 km to the hut.
Read more about the area and more detailed arrival instructions on Luontoon.fi.

Yard

A sauna, a campfire site, a dry toilet and a woodshed.

Keys

The key is in a key code box on the site's wall. The box is protected with a code. Instructions and the code are sent to you by e-mail after the payment.
Take lock de-icer with you just in case the box's lid is stuck due to frost. Metsähallitus does not have maintenance on site.

Facilities

Heating and lighting

The hut has a stove and firewood for heating. Please use firewood sparingly. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.
The hut has no electricity. We recommend using a headlamp, which leaves your hands free to do chores around the hut. For safety reasons, candles must be burned on a non-combustible surface and constantly monitored.

Cooking

A gas stove and tableware.

Drinking water

There is no running water in the hut.
Household water is taken from the river Puordnajoki. It is recommended to boil water from natural sources before consumption. Water quality is not tested. Drink water taken directly from nature at your own risk.
See tips on how to obtain safe drinking water on a hike (luontoon.fi).

Staying overnight

Bunk beds, mattresses, pillows and quilts.
Please bring your own linen or a sleeping bag.

Sauna

The sauna is in a separate building.
The sauna fee is €12 / person (incl. VAT). Payment in advance on Eraluvat.fi.
The sauna cannot be reserved for private use.
Instructions for the sauna use will be sent by email after the sauna fee has been paid.

Toilet

There is a dry toilet near the site. Please bring your own toilet paper.

Waste disposal

There are waste containers by the site but visitors are advised to take their accumulated waste with them.

Metsähallitus follows the principles of litter-free hiking. Visitors are adviced to bring their own waste out of the area. Read more about hiking without littering (luontoon.fi).

Other things to keep in mind

Please clean the hut before you leave.

Safety

Although Finland has a broad network for mobile phones, there are some areas in the park without signal. If this happens try to climb to a higher place or go into an open area. Check the mobile network coverage with your mobile phone operator before your trip.
Huts are equipped with smoke detectors, but we recommend that you bring your own smoke detector. An increasing number of huts have smoke detectors with long-life batteries that cannot be replaced by visitors. The battery is replaced by the hut maintenance staff.

Hut maintenance

Instructions for the user of the site

Each user of the site is responsible for keeping the site clean. The site does not have regular maintenance.
Please note that Metsähallitus sites are wilderness‑like and modest, and the indoor areas may contain, for example, insects, rodents, and their droppings.

Site maintenance

Maintenance and Management: Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.
If you notice that anything requires maintenance, kindly let us know: luontoon.fi/en/feedback.