Subtitled "Ice Climbing in Norway's Setesdal and Åseral Regions", this is a superb little guidebook to 150 classic ice-climbs in recently developed venue in southwest Norway. The area is one of Europe's rock climbing gems, providing world-class routes throughout the year but when the nights draw in, the huge granite walls and towering waterfalls become an ice-climber's paradise.
If you're looking for an ice-climbing trip that is easy to organise, has reliable climbing, doesn't cost the earth, and still has plenty of adventure then Norway's Setesdal Valley is for you...
Away from the crowds that descend upon nearby Rjukan each winter, Setesdal is rural Norway at its best. There's everything here from roadside ice crags, to full-day ice epics; routes spanning the grade range from WI2 to WI7.
Add to that frequent cheap flights, easy access from Oslo, ample comfortable accommodation, and some of Europe's most reliable roadside ice, and you've a destination not to be missed.
A super little guide with excellent maps, colour photodiagrams and action photos throughout plus detailed information about access, travel and accommodation.
By Geoff Hornby.
Card cover in plastic sleeve, 15cm x 10.5cm, 196 pages.
Published 2012.
ISBN: 978-0-9567288-1-4.
Out of print. New edition due February/March 2020.