 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone would mind giving me some advice about Ruka? I've had a quick search, but all I can find is threads from at best 5 years ago.
I'm looking at booking a trip along with 5/6 other skiers in January, we've got a fairly good price, there's just a few things that worry me.
First is the size of the resort, my first ever ski trip was to Borovets, which wasn't actually that bad, as a beginner it was fine and we were really lucky with the
snow, but after that I never really saw myself going back to that size resort, let alone one that is less than half the size (in terms of lengths of runs) like Ruka. The last couple have been in large French/Andorran resorts. Are we likely to be a little bored after half a week?
Seeing as the runs are between only 300 and 500m, I imagine we'd be using lifts a lot, what are the queues like?
Apparently the average temperatures for January are -14, does that sound about right? I imagine wind chill would be an issue too. What are the chances it will actually be colder, I'm not sure if anyone would really fancy that...
I've read there's a fair bit of other things to do in the resort apart from skiing, I don't think we're *too* interested in that, but what are the bars and restaurants like? An old thread mentioned they were expensive, but that was years ago, I can imagine it's worse now though! Usually we'll go to a lively-ish resort with a few places to choose from.
For most of us this will be our 4th or 5th week, a couple have done slightly more, we're all comfortable on most slopes, although one or two don't quite fancy black slopes just yet. We're all in our 20s if that makes any difference...
Any thoughts are much appreciated! Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi and welcome to 
I can't be specific about Ruka, but I can answer a couple of your questions - my first ever ski trip was to Iso Syöte, about 2 hours from Ruka, and that was a January.
A few things... Slope hours are much shorter because of the dark, except for a few floodlit evenings, so expect to be done by 3 pm. Yes, it is cold (varied from about -5 to -15 daytime when we were there), so have plenty of layers, good gloves and a buff or balaclava. They are used to dealing with the cold though, and have shelters with fires going where you can warm up. Check the lift set up online if you can - where we went there were only button lifts and t-bars, so that's where the cold sets in. Queues only occurred at the weekend, when the locals turn up.
I think Ruka is a bit bigger, so there will be a bit more skiing and possibly entertainment, but personally I would be looking at somewhere a bit bigger and livelier, like the UCPA places in France.
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