Crag Climbing in Romsdal Guidebook

Description

This is a comprehensive guidebook describing the rock climbing in the Romsdal area of Norway.  It covers all the rock climbing along the Romsdale valley and around Åndalsnes (Norway’s mountaineering capital), along with Molde and the islands to the west, and the spectacular Eresfjord to the east.

The Romsdal area is Norway’s most famous climbing area, and this guidebook describes around 750 routes at 36 different crags.  It covers both trad and sport routes across a wide range of grades.  Around 35% of the routes are trad, with 65% being bolted sport routes.  The routes range from F3 to F8c, with around half the routes in the F5c to F7a grade range.

In total the following 36 crags are described:

The Molde-Region
Bysteveggen, Beinset, Sundsbøen, Ravnfloget at Julsundet, Steinskaret, Bergsvik, Presthammarn, Stornøsa, and Gussiåsen.

Eresfjord
Håhammaren, Ulvesvaet, Forklesvaet, and Utkleiva.   

Romsdal and Åndalsnes Region
Skorgedalen, Kalvehammaren, Skjenhammaren, Litlefjellet, Brattveggen, Varghammaren, Nøta, Helveten, Mjelvahammaren, Mjelvasteinen, Blåhammaren, Framhald, Norafjell, Halsa,Trollsvaet, Hornaksla, Gravdehaug, Bobleveggen, Sletta, Forsamlingshuset, Slettafossen, Purkhola, and Skuten at Bjorli.

All the routes are shown on colour photo topos along with a description.  Symbols are used to indicate if the route is sport or trad.  For each crag there is access information and map, plus QR codes for the parking area.  Also included is a brief description of the style of climbing to be found.

Published in October 2022 this guidebook is in English text throughout along with historical references, short anecdotes, travel tips, geology and much more.

Number of pages is 276.
Size is 150mm x 210mm (A5).
ISBN is 9788230357538.