It was all white. I had started snowshoeing from the Kiilopää entrance of the Urho Kekkosen Kansallispuisto, far above the Arctic Circle. The trail took me past the show-covered pine forest to the top of the Kiilopää Fell, a section of the trail frequented by visitors. From the top, I could either return to the same route I had taken or continue along the circular trail.

I decided to explore the latter even though it seemed like a true cold desert with snow dunes for a large stretch. After a fortunately uneventful walk through this desert, I suddenly reached a point where the snow desert was divided into two with this fence. The good thing was that I did not get lost and reach the international border for humans but had only reached the local border of the reindeer herders.