{"id":1143,"date":"2013-04-04T23:22:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T20:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2013-04-04T23:22:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T20:22:27","slug":"norway-ice-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/2013\/04\/norway-ice-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Ice Climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

After having failed with ice climbing on the Alps we headed for Norway which has most roadside ice anywhere. Some people say the weather is rather poor in Norway but in my experience it’s always been good. <\/p>\n

In 2010 we had good weather in Romsdalen, last winter there was good weather everywhere and this year the weather couldn’t have been any better in Setesdalen. Of course, there was bad weather on most of Norway on all these occasions but the country is long, the weather varies and it’s always sunny somewhere if you’re flexible with your plans.<\/p>\n

Haegefjell: Approaching – March 2nd, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Climbing ice four days in a row can get quite dull so we took the best weather day and decided to check out Haegefjell in Nissedal. The weather was freezing but we reasoned rock climbing could be doable if it was sunny enough. <\/p>\n

We didn’t have a good guidebook for Nissedal but looking across the lake from the highway it looked like the hill could be semi-dry. We figured we could do Via Lara (4+, 380m) which is slabby rock route of moderate difficulty. We reasoned it could be doable even if it was a little wet. We both understood the snow situation was not the best but nevertheless we decided to have a look. <\/p>\n

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