Ouninpohja rally stage map

by Sidney van den Boogaard

Thirty-three kilometres of gravel, and barely a moment to breathe. Ouninpohja winds through the forests and lakes around Jämsä in central Finland, never climbing much above 180 metres yet packed with crests and jumps. The most famous is the Yellow House jump on Okskulmantie, a place of pilgrimage for spectators. Then comes the tight Kakaristo hairpin at the end of one of the fastest gravel roads in rallying, and finally a narrow stretch of small road full of crests. After years away, the long version returned in 2024 in its classic south-to-north direction. For anyone who has stood beside a Finnish forest road and felt the ground shake.

This work is part of the Rally Stages collection: legendary special stages on tarmac, gravel and snow, each drawn from the real road and finished in the same calm, graphic style. The map reads from start to finish, with the stage's elevation profile below and, along the bottom, the length, the surface and the facts that made the stage famous.

The road is drawn from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the profile from Copernicus elevation data. A great gift for any rally fan, for the workshop, the garage or above the desk.