Katinkulta Aurinkolatu 6 km, Vuokatti

If you stay in the Katinkulta area, you can access the route from several points by walking directly onto the trail. For example, from the Katinkulta beach, follow the signs for 'Aurinkolatu'. 

This guide starts the route counterclockwise from the Katinkullantie parking lot. The beginning section goes through a park-like pine forest. This trail section is part of the Jäätiö 2 km trail / multi-use route. After a few hundred meters, turn right and cross Katinkullantie. After crossing, the trail circles behind Vuokatti Bowling alley and heads to the golf course. The trail follows the edges and fairways of the golf course; after skiing just over a kilometer, you reach a Y-intersection. The 10 km Aurinkolatu route continues to the right, so continue left into the forest. After a short forest section, the trail descends to an open field, and from the field's shore cliff onto the ice of Nuasjärvi. On the ice, turn left eastward toward the Vuokatti fells. The ice section of the route is about three kilometers; along the way, you pass the tip of Hiekkanimemi, after which you can see Jäätiönlahti and the Katinkulta shore area. From the lake, the trail rises on a wide track to the shore cliff, continuing gently upward back to the same pine forest and the parking lot where you started.