Kjørlifossen
March 3rd, 2011Deep inside the Lærdal valley of southwestern Norway lies the Kjørlifossen, a real Goliath of an ice climb. At over 1,500 feet long an 200 feet wide, this eight pitch WI 5 (half the pitches are WI 5), this is a true world classic and is unsurpassed by any water ice climb in the Western Hemisphere in sheer magnitude and volume of ice. As with most climbs in this remote valley, there was no one else around for miles. Vivek & I had it all to ourselves.
There were dozens of other climbs in this valley, but this was definitely the biggest one. I presume many of the others are still virgin (and this is a lean year, we’ve been told).
Here’s a few pics from the day.
