Location within DiRT Rally, with stages over two routes near Jämsä, Finland.
Surface for both routes is gravel, and roads are wide and bumpy.
Stages[]
Overview[]
Kontinjärvi[]
Direction | Long | Sprint 1 | Sprint 2 |
---|---|---|---|
Forwards | Kontinjärvi | Kailajärvi | Naarajärvi |
Reverse | Hämelahti | Paskuri | Jyrkysjärvi |
Starts with the fast, curving, bumpy roads that makes up much of this locations stages. Opens into a very long, very fast, very bumpy, including a huge jump (the "Yellow House Jump") to reach the half way point. Then returns to winding forest roads, including a distinctive chicane over bumps through a stone-sided cutting at the three-quarter mark. Opens towards the finish.
Kakaristo[]
Direction | Long | Sprint 1 | Sprint 2 |
---|---|---|---|
Forwards | Kakaristo | Iso Oksjärvi | Kotajärvi |
Reverse | Pitkäjärvi | Oksala | Järvenkylä |
Unrelentingly fast and bumpy through the forest, with many fast corners over crests and jumps, only changing scenery briefly at the halfway point, through the town that gives the stage its name. The town is marked by open fields filled with crowds, and two sharp corners, before the route returns to the forest for yet more fast corners over crests.
Stage-by-stage[]
Stage | Length | Altitude Difference | Title card | Route |
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Kontinjärvi | 15,050m | -14m | ||
Kailajärvi | 7,510m | +4m | ||
Naarajärvi | 7,430m | -20m | ||
Hämelahti | 14,960m | +15m | ||
Jyrkysjärvi | 7,340m | +20m | ||
Paskuri | 7,550m | -4m | ||
Kakaristo | 16,200m | +19m | ||
Iso Oksjärvi | 8,040m | +4m | ||
Kotajärvi | 8,100m | +17m | ||
Pitkäjärvi | 16,200m | -19m | ||
Järvenkylä | 8,100m | -17m | ||
Oksala | 8,050m | -4m |
Maps[]
Both routes almost entirely cover the Ouninpohja stage (SS4+8 in 2015) .
In 2016 Pitkäjärvi and Hämelahti direction from Ouninpohja stage (SS13+17 in 2016) .
Also some of the route is visible on Street View, for example: the hairpin in Kakaristo; and the Yellow House and jump.
Real-life videos[]
Onboard[]
- Sebastien Ogier, Rally Finland 2013, SS18 - reaching huge jump at 3:03, and the hairpin in Kakaristo at 10:32
- Kris Meeke, Rally Finland 2016, SS13 - reverse direction, reaching the hairpin in Kakaristo at 4:45, and the huge jump at 12:17.
Jumps[]
- WRC 2016 highlights and interviews - various clips, including several Yellow House Jumps.