Tiirismaa Trail - From love to trails!
Tiirismaa Trail is a two-day trail running event on the shores of Lake Vesijärvi in Messilä at the end of July. At the heart of Tiirismaa Trail are climbs and trails, of both of which we offer the biggest and most beautiful. Friday's program has a lot of hills in the form of the HOKA Vertical event and the children's own event – Tiirismaa with the Trail Kids starts. On Saturday, there will be trail rides with distances of 8, 12, 21 or 42 km, where the participants can access the finest trails of Salpauselkä Geopark towards the highest point in Southern Finland - Tiirismaata.
Two-day event 8.-9.8.2025 - On Friday there will be a hill!
On Friday, we will challenge ourselves with climbs for both the Vertical and the children's run. The first and longest start of the day is offered by Tiirismaa Trail HOKA Vertical, which will be a backyard-type "endless hill challenge" with a circuit that is about 1.2 km long and includes 90 m of ascent and descent, where the speed is increased at certain intervals. The competition ends at the point when there is only one brave pusher left. It is estimated that the competition will last around 2 to 7 hours at different fitness levels, so you will be able to get into the atmosphere of an ultra in the long run.
On Friday, there will also be a children's competition - Tiirismaa Trail Kids, where you can find sets for 10-, 12- and 14-year-old girls and boys. The children's event is also included team competition (same series for 10-14 year olds), where the combined age of the 3 fastest from the same club decides the teams' rankings. We also organize a free For Fun event for children, where, for example, the whole family can go with their children on a 1.6 km loop of Mäkinen. All participants will be rewarded at the children's event.
On Saturday we will let loose on the best trails in Tiirisma
Saturday's Tiirismaa Trail is everything that we have already wanted to underline in the event in previous years as well. Varying trails, hills big for southern Finland, trips for different fitness and experience levels spiced up with great views towards the shores of Vesijärvi and Tiilijärvi. Trips are offered as follows: 8, 12, 21 and 42 km.
Our shortest trip to Tiirismaa Trail Trekki 8 km well suited as a first trail running event for newer trail runners. The second longest – 12 km despite being a bit longer, the trip includes a few more steep climbs, and is therefore clearly more challenging. 21 km the trip includes the whole cavalcade of Tiirisma: a network of winding and running little paths combined with numerous classic climbs of Tiirisma.
On all trips, the paths vary from a wide ski slope to narrow needle paths - from momentary stone steps to the lift ways of the Messilä ski slope. In the planning of the routes, we have tried to make the most of the large differences in height offered by Tiirisma and Messilä.
