Norway Ice climbing 2020

February 23rd 2020

I always look forward to the ice climbing trips in Norway and this season was no exception. I knew it wasn’t going to be the ‘best’ season, because like Scotland, it had been quite warm and snowy. So not the best recipe for building great ice conditions. However, we knew of good reliable places and we explored some new venues and were able to climb plenty of routes.

I was out for two weeks and I just managed to land before Storm Ciara did her worst. Unfortunately, none of the guest’s made it and they all experienced diversions, delays, cancelled flights and some didn’t even make it. After alot of faffing at the airports, we regrouped the next day and we went climbing. I was climbing with regular guest Sean who has never climbed ice cascade so for him to climb WI5 on his first trip is flipping brilliant!

The second week I was climbing with Katya and David, both of whom I was climbing with last year, and we got stuck into all sorts of WI4 and WI5 routes. It was a little tricky this week as conditions were poor and it went pretty warm. We had to go to the climbing wall one day and then for the last 3 days of climbing we ended up in Hemsedal, a popular ice climbing destination.

As always, I’m already looking forward to next year where we are going to revamp the courses. Here’s hoping to a brilliant season.