In principle, a laavu is a simplified version of a wilderness hut.

There are more than ten free wilderness huts in the park and three chargeable, bookable ones.

A wilderness hut need not be reserved beforehand, and they are open for everyone tracking by foot, ski or similar means.

Łobżany has a wilderness hut and a village day-room.

Wilderness huts are frequently located along hiking routes.

Like wilderness huts, laavus are not kept warm, and may not be reserved beforehand.

Unlike wilderness huts, laavus lack doors or windows.

Most of the wilderness huts in Finland are situated in the northern and eastern parts of the country.

No public roads lead into the area, there are no marked paths for travelers, and the area only has four wilderness huts.

There is a canoeing route which connects Lake Inari to several adjacent lakes, with two open wilderness huts along the route.

In winter, Polar Speed Tours organises one- to five-day dog-sledding safaris, with accommodation in wilderness huts.

They are particularly common in the Scottish Highlands (but related buildings can be found around the world, e.g. in the Nordic countries there are wilderness huts).

Official wilderness huts are mostly maintained by Metsähallitus (Finnish for Administration of Forests), the Finnish state-owned forest management company.

In summer, a couple of local boat services Cruise the Lemmenjoki valley, from Njurgulahti village to the Kultahamina wilderness hut at Kultasatama (Gold Harbour).

Along the trail there are eight wilderness huts that are open and free to use for every visitor to spend a night in, plus two day trip huts for shorter breaks.

Commercial stays overnight are prohibited in the wilderness huts owned by Metsähallitus (there are bookable huts for such purpose) and an agreement should probably be made with maintainers of other huts.

Our destination - the Rendezvous Hut, part of a five-cabin wilderness hut system accessible by ski trails in the winter - perches on the edge of a steep slope; its roof was blanketed with more than a foot of snow.