There is an emergency on Ylläs' routes. And now we are not talking about a small emergency, but an emergency of tens of thousands of euros. Waves of inflation have hit the maintenance of routes and compared to two years ago, maintenance of winter routes costs 20% more. In the past years, route repair debt has also accumulated and the breakdown of old railway machines has caused new pressure to collect route funding. The maintenance of the routes in Ylläki in the winter of 2022-2023 cost almost 600,000 euros. This left a deficit of 86,000 euros.
In order for Ylläs to remain number one and the ski slopes to match it, more money is simply needed. We would not want to reduce the number and quality of tracks anymore, and that will only be done in an extreme situation. However, the fact is unfortunate: if there is no money, not all tracks can be driven.
That's why we're asking for help.
We hope that leisure residents, i.e. holiday apartment owners, will pay the apartment-specific route fee. If every leisure resident paid a cottage-specific route fee, the entire route network would be opened up.
The easiest way to pay the leisure resident's route fee is to join the leisure residents' email list. In this case, we can send the invoice electronically at the beginning of the winter season.
You can also pay the route fee with the Mobilepay App to number 16208.