The most beautiful gravel adventure of the summer
22.-23.8.2025 | Koli, Lieksa
Gravel citizens, Koli invites you to ride!
A national landscape, a hilly route, gravel in all its forms - Sorahiisi offers gravel cycling on the best roads in Europe in the Lieksa and Juuka area on 22-23 August 2025.
When we get to Koli, we're going to have a good drive! Sorahiisi 60: Sunset Ride and Sorahiisi 160 offer a hand-picked cycling route with a dose for everyone - the routes have been renewed from 2024.
There's also the Sorahiisi 320, a 200-mile gravel run from Pielinen to the eastern border, starting at night. The six-man class is both a race and an adventure, with shorter distances being low-pressure fitness runs.
In addition to the gravel adventure, on Saturday there will be an uphill sprint Mäkihiisi! Welcome to take on Koli's epic serpentine.
More information about the routes can be found here and event information can be found here.
Welcome to Koli! Vive le Gravel!
Vaskihiisi - Cycling at the Lieksa Brass Week
The Sorahiisi team and the city of Lieksa are co-organising the Vaskihiisi cycling event on Saturday 2.8. The event is free of charge and will cover routes of about 20 and 50 kilometres starting from the centre of Lieksa. Read more about the event here.
Choose your trip
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Sorahiisi 60: Sunset drive
An exciting 60-kilometre evening bike ride from the village of Koli through lakescapes and museum roads to Vuonislahti harbour. Finally, a boat transfer across Pielinen back to Koli at sunset.
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Sorahiisi Gravel 160 km
160 kilometres of Pielinen sparkling through the trees and incredibly lively gravel roads in the national landscape, on the dunes and marshes of Koli and Juuka. The effort ends, of course, at the summit.
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Sorahiisi Gravel 320 km
320-kilometre gravel adventure that starts at night and begins with a boat trip across the Pielinen river. The cycle route takes you around some of Lieksa's most rugged wilderness landscapes and gravel roads. The finish line is on the roof of the national landscape.
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Mäkihiisi Uphill Sprint
Cycling's uphill sprint Mäkihiisi is a short but relentless jolt from the village of Koli to the top of Koli. You can come to the Mäkihiisi to test yourself or to ride in a relaxed carnival spirit.
Sign up
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Sorahiisi Gravel 320/160/60 km
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Mäkihiisi Uphill sprint
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Vaskihiisi
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