Access
Vanha Skrabbintie 19
The trailhead is at Sokoja football field. The parking area is small but in good condition. Please note that parents use this area to drop their children to the day-care centre and pick them up. Storrymningintie is a private road where access and parking are prohibited.
Sokoja-Oivu Hiking trail (14.5 KM)
Medium difficulty trail – The trail may be partly waterlogged in the wet season. Some sections of the trail are overgrown with grasses, and there are some height differences along it.
Difficult trail – The trail section at Sokoja stones is difficult. Some signposts are missing.
You can take a shortcut by following Oivu museum trail, which gives a total trail length of10.4 km. This circle trail meanders along forests and cultural landscapes with rolling hills. There are two Lapp huts, a campfire site and an outdoor toilet on the shore of Lake Lillpotten. The trail section on Oivu side runs through an area with a great deal of cultural history interest. One of the largest erratic boulders in Kokkola, Bjonstenen, is found along the trail.
The trail takes in Hurtas lean-to shelter. Hikers can reach the lean-to shelter by turning left at Hurtasberget to the direction of Dalbacka. There is a connecting trail from Lillpotten huts to Gulan. The trail from Sokoja to Lillpotten serves as a cross-country ski track in winter. Hikers can walk the other sections also in winter, but there is no winter maintenance on this trail.
Connecting trail Oivu-Lahnakoski (4.5 KM/direction)
Access
Lahnakoskentie 293.
There is a parking area at Lahnakoski landing site for canoes.
Easy/Medium difficulty/Difficult trail – Large parts of the trail follow a forest road, however some sections lead along paths and field margins. The lack of signposts adds to the difficulty on some sections of the trail. Visitors return along the same trail. The trail connects
Perhonjoki hiking trail to Oivu and Sokoja trails. There is no maintenance on the trail in winter, but hikers are welcome to use it.
Cross -Country Ski Tracks
In a snowy winter, there are several maintained ski tracks in the area.
