There are no marked biking trails in Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Reserve, but there are many old paths, which can be used both for hiking and mountain biking. These paths are far away from human settlements and either moderate or extremely demanding. Those attempting them with mountain bikes should be sufficiently prepared and have a map and compass with them. Although Finland has a broad network for mobile phones, there are some areas in the Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Reserve without signal, so visitor should be sufficiently prepared even for a short visit.

• Old unmarked trail Kalmakaltio–Pöyrisjärvi–Näkkälä, 93 km.
• The Hetta-Näkkälä Trail (26 km) passes right outside its boundary.
• Please see more detailed route descriptions under the hike activity.

Always remember to close the reindeer fence gates when you pass through them!

More information on mountain biking (enontekiolapland.com).

Skiing is permitted all over the wilderness area, but there are no maintained or marked ski trails.

To hunt in Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Reserve you will have to purchase permit to 1615 Näkkälä or permit to 1616 Nunnanen. Local game animals include the Willow Grouse, the hare and water birds. Hunting permits are sold by Fell-Lapland Visitor Centre and Eräluvat.fi online store (eraluvat.fi).

A limited number of small game permits are sold for a day at a time. With these permits non-locals can hunt in the area.

Reindeer husbandry is an important livelihood in the area, so the use of hounds is strictly forbidden even if you have a permit. In late winter those hunting with dogs must ask the reindeer herding groups where there herds are so the hunt can keep away from them. See more information from Porotyöt.fi (porotyot.fi, in Finnish).

Permanent residents of the municipalities of Enontekiö, Inari and Utsjoki have the right to hunt on state-owned lands in the municipality in which they reside. Locals also have the right to hunt the Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) with traps. The Willow Grouse is an important source of income for many Enontekiö families.

Hikers in the Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Reserve should carefully look the terrain as they walk. There are several geocaches hidden in the wilderness. Geocaching, which began in 2000, is a hobby that has spread around the world and already has several thousand enthusiasts in Finland.

Picking berries and mushrooms is permitted in the area. The most popular berry for people to pick is the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), which grows in late summer early autumn in the area's mires. The blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) and lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) thrive in the southern part of the area and crowberries (Empetrum nigrum) grow even on the area's sandy dunes. The forested parts of the wilderness area offer basketfuls of mushrooms. Even though mushrooms are a favourite food of reindeer there is such an abundance of them that great amounts are left in the forests to rot.