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Grøtfjordklumpan

Grøtfjordklumpan is one of the very classic climbing areas on Kvaløya. Opened already in 1980 by the Nesheim brothers and Arild Meyer. It came in vouge when Christian Korvald and Jørgen Sundby bolted the first sport routes on Kvaløya here in 1990. Most of the routes are re-equipped now, and you find some very nice vertical and technical sport routes here. But there are also some easy and well protected trad routes left, and it is a very good place to start you trad career.
Go pass Ersfjorden, and continue about 15 km over to Grøtfjorden. In Grøtfjord you turn southward again and after about 1 km you find a parking lot on the left side of the road, right by the first sand beach after Grøtfjord. About 45 min driving time.
Follow the southbound dirt road from the parking lot, after about 200 meters an obvious path on your right leads up to the crag. It will take you about 15 min to reach the lower Kalkberget.
The main wall on Kalkberget faces south-west, and sees sun until very late in the evening. The upper Øvrefeltet faces more directly south and the sun disappears earlier in the afternoon. The crag dries fast.
A 50 m rope, 12 quickdraws, and a standard trad rack if you want test the trad routes.
You can either find water in a small stream on path, not far from the parking lot, or in the stream leading from the lake below the crag.

On the field below the crags you find several nice boulders. Good for warming up or impressing your friends in the heat of the campfire.

The beach by the parking lot is a perfect hangout after climbing, there is usually sun until midnight there (at least in the summer).

a. Kalkberget
The lower part of the crag, clearly seen from the road. The smaller Vestveggen, on the left, and Camel and Cornflakes-veggen on the right, surrounds the main wall itself.
b. Øvrefeltet
Consists of several smaller crags.

This file was last modified 2007-5-11