Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park has dozens of different trails for hiking and skiing that are suitable for people looking for different levels of difficulty.

The landscape of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is dominated by a chain of fells, which is the remains of an ancient folded mountain range.

The lush creekside groves are a good place to find plants like downy currant, ostrich fern, garden angelica and mezereum.

Wood cranesbill and dwarf cornel as well as many other rare species of moss and fungi grow in the moist old-growth forests.

In addition to fells and coniferous forests, mires are a typical landscape in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park.

Other mammals typically seen in the area are the hare, fox, weasel, Norway lemming, various species of mole and the squirrel.

Bear and lynx are two of Finland's large predators that live permanently in the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park area.

Lush spruce forests are a popular location for southern species like the common blackbird and wood warbler.

A typical inhabitant of streams is the white-throated dipper, which dives into running water to catch its food – also in the winter.

Other bird species seen in the national park include the bluethroat, wood sandpiper, western yellow wagtail, ruff and spotted redshank.

Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park's location north of the Arctic Circle means that it experiences the typical weather and natural phenomena associated with seasonal changes.

The first snow generally falls sometime after mid-October, but snowdrifts can occasionally be seen during the summer months, especially in the area of the Pallas-Ounastunturi Fells.

The aim of litter-free hiking is to ensure that visitors carry their own trash out of the terrain and deliver it to the serviced recycling points.

There are recycling points at the Pallastunturi, Fell Lapland and Yllästunturi Visitor Centres where paper, cardboard, glass and metal waste as well as batteries can be delivered.

Biowaste can be composted in dry toilets, and small amounts of combustible waste can be burned at campfire sites.

Air purity in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is measured at the Finnish Meteorological Institute's Sammaltunturi weather station.

The customer service officers at the visitor centres provide information on the national park and hiking possibilities.

The Meän Elämää (Our Life), From Forest to Fell Tops, and Vuovjjuš – Wanderers exhibitions present the nature and culture of the area.

Finnish botanist Kaarlo Linkola had a major role in the work to establish a national park in the Pallastunturi Fells area.