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Climbing in Fjord Norway

Western Norway is where mountaineering in Norway started 150 years ago, and where the climbing scene is still pushing the limits.

Lihesten in Sunnfjord is one of many spectacular mountains in the region. There is a lot of potential for new routes.
Lihesten in Sunnfjord is one of many spectacular mountains in the region. There is a lot of potential for new routes.
Photo: Anders Waage Nilsen
The Troll Wall, Åndalsnes.
The Troll Wall, Åndalsnes.

There are several beautiful areas well suited for sportsclimbing, wall climbs, bouldering and alpine climbing in the Fjord Norway region. Some of the most developed areas are listed below. Please note that Norway has its own grading system – from grade 1-10, partly similar to the UIAA system. Many of the climbing areas have guidebooks in Norwegian only. They may be hard to order from abroad, but are usually sold in sports stores in the nearest town. The swiss online bookstore  Piz Buch und Berg sells guidebooks to the region and ships worldwide. We will add english guides and online guides as they are available in english into this article. You may also want to check out Visitnorway.com climbing guide.


Innerdalen
Mountaineering, ski mountaineering and lots of routes graded at 3 – 6 with 5 - 14 pitches on walls up to 400 m. height. Most popular for climbing are ”Innerdalstårnet” and ”Skarsfjell” with numerous routes. Typical approaches of two and a half hours. Practice crags close to "Innerdalshytta". Check out Rock & Ice online guide to Innerdalen.


Molde & Romsdalen
Three walls at Julsundet, near Molde.  Nearby Åndalsnes, easily accessible with train from Oslo Airport you find a wide range of mountaineering, ski mountaineering, bouldering and ice climbing  possibilities.  Norway's probably most famous big wall is located here; theTroll Wall, 1000 m high. There are, however numerous other climbs in Romsdalen. Easy classical routes, one of the most popular being the north wall on Romsdalshorn. Many 5-7 pitch trad routes on Hornaksla. On this site they have made some information available in english.


Sunnmøre
Alpine area with lots of peaks. Up to 400 meter high walls in beautiful Molladalen with routes at grades 4-6, including the famous ”bladet” – the knife blade.  A good place for easy scrambling, combined with beautiful walks in the fjord area. On this site you will find topos, norwegian text only..


Hurrungane (Western Jotunheimen)
This is Norway's classical climbing area, opened by C.W. Slingsby (British) in the late 1800's. The mountains are alpine in character, with numerous glaciers and narrow ridges. Rock quality is generally good. Ridge routes of varying difficulty and length (including snow & ice). Walls up to 750m, with long free routes (grade VI-VII). Some mixed routes (grade V-VI). In addition numerous shorter routes of varying difficulty (grade II-VII). Most approaches require glacier crossing. In addition to offering excellent summer mountaineering, the area holds great potential for winter climbing and ski mountaineering. Guides and lodging at Turtagrø Hotel.


Bergen/Hardanger
Sportsclimbers heaven. Lot of climbing routes at Øygaarden, Laksevåg and Sotra of all grades. Sotra has both short traditional routes, and countless sportclimbing crags at all levelse. In Hardanger, nearby Rosendal, there is a 600 m high wall at Vetletind in Uskedalen in pure granite. The Climbing Club of Bergen  (link in norwegian) have published several guidebooks with good topos.


Stavanger
Lots of local crags. Big walls 500-1000 m high a few hours drive from Stavanger; Tau Hunnedalen, Dirdal, Skeisfjell, Espedalen. Kjerag is known as the worlds best basejumping spot, and is probably one of the best walls for long wall routes, with solid granite. There are some english information on the local climbing club webpage.

Changed   6/18/2010   By   Anders Waage Nilsen

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