I am working in Rjukan this week with regular clients Paul & Jason. Rjukan is the ice climbing capital of Norway and is one of the best ice climbing venues in Europe. They have had a cracking winter so far and the conditions here are great. We flew out Sunday night but Pauls bag was picked up by mistake by someone else so we spent yesterday retrieving that from Oslo!
Today we headed to the Lower Gorge area and climbed Camillas Foss (WI3), Skrotfossen (WI3), Pentium (WI3) and Swiss Army Left Hand (WI5). We then headed to Vermork Bridge and climbed Host (WI4). The routes in the Lower Gorge were far fatter than the pictures in the guidebook and were in excellent condition. At Vermork Bridge the ice was a little more brittle but was still very fat. I have been able to place screws at will all day and the walk ins are less than 10 minutes for each venue - at Vermork bridge I had the novel experience of belaying off the roadside crash barrier! A great first day out.
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