Hollenderan

This is the historical epicenter of Kvaløya climbing. The situation, the walls, the climbing cabin and the air, speaks climbing. Although it might be argued that vertical crack climbing on dead-solid granite is grossly out of date -- you hardly can't beat the feeling of cruising a 50 meter hand crack. And here you find exactly that.

Routes ranges between one to ten pitches (most around five to six). The walls are on average fairly steep, especially the south face of Baugen, where you also can find slightly overhanging passages. Most cracks ranges from finger to hand size. All routes, with a few exceptions, are very well protected.

A nice and solid miniature version of Baugen, with a handful of routes of the highest quality, mostly around grade 6. The large central dihedral, which holds the route Ikaros, is clearly visible. On its left side goes the route Knoll, and two routes, Bill and Bull (Niklas Björnestedt and Dag Kolsrud, 1982), starts 5 and 7 m left of Knoll. There are remains of some old routes on the backside.

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