Hi.

I'm planning to cycle round lake Lagoda on June-July and my route is from Sortavala-Lotinapelto-Nova Lagoda-Vyborg, but I'm little bit concerned how I can cycle from Nova Lagoda to Vyborg without cycling through St. Petersburg

Is there any solution for this?

Here's my preliminary route plan:



BR, Jani

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[Updated on: Wed, 02 April 2014 02:53]

Hi Jani,

it's normal journay except North-West part, because it's restricted Frontier Zone. See two articles about frontier zones in Leningrad area and Karelia Republic (in Russian, use translate.google.com).

It's theoretical restrictions. In practise, there is the row of security barrier along the border and around the Rented Zone of Saimaa Canal, see for examples 1, 2, 3. And numbers of mobile groups of Russian frontiers of FSB, which checks your permit for enter to Frontier Zone.



And it's not good idea to use the roads which I marked as Yellow for huge traffic. Use alternative ways, see good map service there.

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[Updated on: Sun, 06 April 2014 23:17]

Repovesi: I'm still wondering the green path that you drawn into map.

I couln't find any information about the Road conditions, but I found a quite good map from www.karjalankartat.fi and I'm planning to cycle a route Antrea-Hiitola-Kurkijoki-Lahdenpohja-Sortavala.

Is that route possible and can I use the grey colored sections in the map, and are the roads gravel or asphalt?



Thank you for all help, Jani

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Here's updated map including Sortavala

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