The Juupajoki Gorge

Welcome to the Juupajoki Gorge Nature Reserve 

The Juupajoki Gorge is a ravine where the municipality of Juupajoki maintains three colour marked nature routes. 

• Yellow route is about 400 meters long
• Red, more challenging trail about 900 meters long
• Blue route about 2 kilometres long

Parking address: Koskitie 45, 35500 Korkeakoski, Finland.

During high season, nearby parking spaces can be found at: Korkeakoski market place (Koskitie 55), Juupajoki train station (Poikkikatu 6) and Koskiportti (Koskitie 50).

Please follow the rules of nature reserve area:

Protect nature. Please, do not deviate from the marked paths.
The Nature Conservation Act prohibits taking or damaging of plants and plant parts on this area.
Open fires, camping and littering are prohibited.
Keep your pet on leash.
Walk calmly and carefully on steep slopes and in places of slippery and narrow paths.
With young children, special care should be taken, for example near water and on steep slopes.

Please note, in general the Gorge area is not wheelchair or stroller accessible. Due to the natural terrain, the area has steep, in some places very slippery and narrow paths. We do not recommend more challenging trails for the disabled. We recommend visitors to use sturdy mountain shoes. The Gorge area is not maintained in winter. 

However, a new wheelchair and stroller accessible observation deck and lean-to/campfire place is now open as part of Gorge area. With a valid parking card for people with disabilities parking is allowed at church’s yard Kirkkotie 15, 35500 Korkeakoski.