Looking for advice on good places to do snow running training

Hi all,

I’m looking for advice on good places for a snow-running training trip in January. I have a race later in the winter and I’ve bought snowshoes that I want to practise with, and I also want to get used to the cold and figure out the right clothing.

Ideally, I’m looking for somewhere with temperatures around -10°C or lower, with mostly flat or gently hilly terrain—something similar to cross-country ski trails. I’m hoping for publicly accessible routes with at least some basic infrastructure, since I’ve never been out in remote snowy areas before and I’d prefer not to wander into a forest and freeze to death.

If anyone is part of, or knows of, a running club in the northern parts of the country that does snow running, I’d love any info. Maybe the simple answer is to go to a well-known cross-country ski resort, so if that’s the case, please feel free to suggest some.

Also if the place is reasonably accessible from a northern European city—either flying in directly or flying to the capital and then taking a train or a short connecting flight.

Thanks for any help

[update: snowshoes are the funny looking squash racket things you attach to your feet to get traction/not sink into the snow – link]