Juho Knuuttila

Steep wrestling. A bit wet, burly and very homogenous climbing.

Some really nice pitches. Crux pitch is best linked to a 6a+ below to avoid a hanging belay.

Full trad value!

Rope solo. Felt easier than 'Check it out'.

High and easy splitter. Not so common in Finland. Rope solo.

Finally some memorable stuff!

Mountaineering. 14,5h car to car with a chill pace. With Sara.

Sting in the tail!

Trickier to protect than it looks. Would use caution with a top out triangle block.

Should have on-sighted. Used too long with a gear before horizontal.

While doing the full line.

Maybe the best hand crack of Kustavi.

One of the best routes at Hopia, no doubt!

Kunnon pyngerrys.

Kiitos itsepäisyys! Skin destroying heat and holds.

An experience. The steepest trad route I have done. Horizontal chimney in the roof is crazy! Impossible to grade.

Excellent route that requires finesse, power and mental strenght. Not dangerous with modern gear. If you know how to place well. Line continues straight up to a ledge where anchor of Kaari is.

Worth of climbing. Been top-rope soloing this few times before it became a route.

Basically sport climbing with no hard moves. Pure enjoyment!

Only thing that was dry in the morning. Not too bad. Bouldery start.

Last guiding day in Lofoten for this summer.

Classic.

Not scary, or that bold. But soft. Some nice pitches but most of them are quite wondering. Such a nice day out with Lassi and Ori though.

Did P3 and P4 like Jukka described. Seems the most logical way. Last two pitches looked mossy but climb well.

Long approach and even worse descent. Climbing is more adventurous than good. Offwidth pitch is actually the best.

Another good one! Bit more flakey at some parts than Minotauros. Also few more bold'ish face climbing sections.

On-sight for both, me and Sara. Entertaining climbing!

Blääh. Not worth of a hype

Magnificent journey!

Chikenwings, jug traverse, lazer cut crack and a mantle. And ofc few knee bars included.

Brutal jamming through 30° wall. Thanks Samppa!

Sara's new beta made it possible for me. Very cool crux sequence above the gear. Falls are long but soft.

Superdiedret! Second lead go.

What a climb! Slippy and techy corners as a aperitif. Then a huge granite tufa and crimp extravaganza to the top.

Solo to get rope up

Team ascent with Sara.

Varied line. Overhanging finger crack, juggy corner, exposed hand crack and memorable ending. Needed to fight hard to gain last two meters.

Route just goes on step after step!

School day in big boots.

School day

School day

School day

With a more logical variation on the 2nd pitch. Felt 7+. A bit dirty already.

Solo

Solo

Two stars for the overhanging hand crack after the ledge. Steep!

Powerfull start locates you to a journey to the heart of Häller.

What a magnificent fight!

Full moon ascent.

Kustavi 5+

One tr round to check moves/gear. Then climbed it. Cool moves lead to a hand crack.

Ground up

Very good!

Didnt feel too easy straight after 21h drive from Narvik.

One tr round to check the start

Otherwise on-sighted except wet pitch #3 which we aided. Normally wouldn't mark this but bold grade seven pitches are the thing. Amazing adventure with Sofie.

Led all.

Star for the crux pitch.

Led all.

Led all.

Led all.

Led all pitches.

FA with double ropes.

Dirty. Otherwise nice

Voyage! One of the longest routes of the country leads to a almost mythical slab crux. Lenght of the route adds one star.

Don't mind about dirtiness at the start. It gets better quickly and is one of the longest wide cracks in the country.

Amazing climbing. Leaning crack through slightly overhanging terrain. Could almost give three stars.

Spicy first meters. Otherwise steep climbing on big holds!

2nd go

Soolo

First try this year. One go in 2018.

Tried this one in 2019 when it was still dirty. Now it's clean and climbs nicely. Lacks top anchor tough.

Better than straight line!

Hieno. Upeita listoja ja solidia kiveä.

Very entertaining!

Straight up to the tree

Better to continue to the anchor on the left.

Akward corner climbing.

One more for Finnish OW tour.

Approach pitch to a roof crack.

Solid 6c. Tried this one also few years back. Continuous.

Not as 'härski' as I thought. A pad or few for the start! Top rope soloed few years ago.

In top ten of Finnish cracks. Would be a classic anywhere.

Easier variation.

Added 12m extension which climbs to top of the cliff via 6b/c slab. First bulge with a bolt required a lot of work to figure out.

Magnificent and huge trad pitch. Final slab has few hair raising sections.

Last four pitches are superb jamming!

First route at Flammes for me. Involved, steep and very good. A bit grassy here and there but still fun.

#purepallandre. A very good line once again from Pallandre. Second to last pitch is a magnificent finger crack through a smooth granite shield.

One of the most beautiful crack boulders in Finland. Super quality finger jams. First boulder ascent? Checked moves with a rope first as I was alone with one pad.

Nice finger jams!

A journey! Legs were so pumped that I had to shake them several times.

Soolo

Soolo

A bit too dirty for a solo

Failed with the jump.

Soolo

Cool feature!

Steep climbing on good rock with some wild moves! Very hard to grade but didn't feel like 7c/+.

Top-out is super dirty.

Could be a three star route without the tree.

Delicate climbing on knobs. Take a breath and go!

Short but cute.

Boulder start is at least 6a+!

Soolo

Steep'ish hand jamming and laybacking. Would be a classic at Kustavi.

6A classic. Would get two stars if it would be clean. But due to nature of the place it doesn't get much traffic.

One of the most prominent crack lines in Finland. Two stars from climbing and one extra from beauty of the line. Also known as 'Yosemite project'.

Weird

Direct line but you really should climb 'Rako valkea' variation.

Adds few excellent meters to Kiehinen!

Kind of a gem. Uncontinuous, but climbing is brilliant. Face climbing in the end gets your heart to beat faster. Double ropes might be usefull.

Difficulties increase as you go higher. So does your excitement.

Silent battle! Almost on-sighted in the beginning of the month. Now it went on the 2nd go. It has better climbing than expected. Thanks Joona for the cleaning. I guess this was 3rd ascent after Perttu and Johannes.

The warmest day of the summer.

Beautiful line, but very hot day: +30°C.

Pink point after Ella.

Class!!

Climbed the whole line. Joona did the second pitch. Messed up my on-sight for real... Didn't like the route either. Roof hand-jam boulder and that's it.

With Ella. She led pitches 1 and 3.

Cool route! Reminded me of Mielettömän viilee at Olhava.One top rope round to check placements. First lead go.

Almost flashed, but in end the got it on the 3rd go. Thin seem turns to a cruisy crack high up.

Amazing climbing imo.

Airy end.

Slightly greasy day but what a line! 2nd go.

Solo.

Solo

Solo

Basicly it's a boulder.

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Stemming action!

Solo.

Solo

Solo

Solo.

Paska reitti. Soolo.

Solo

Oh, that sloper. Refused to commit.

Really good crack with exciting slab finish!

Chimney start is quite obvious.

Better than it looks!

Big adventure. 11hours with relaxed pace. Carried a second rope for nothing!

Suprisingly sustained.

Original avslutning which is N7. Three stars for the crux. Otherwise 1,5!

Yeaaah!

First lead go after checking placements once. Brilliant! Soft?

Stiff shoes help! Stupid starting hold screwed deep cuts to my fingers. Minus one star for that.

Few powerfull jams will get you there.

Best chimney so far.

Variation on-sight

Solo

One of the biggest lines in Finland!! One top-rope go and then climbed it. If you know how to jam this feels easier.

Solo

Solo with a rope.

Not a route! Solo with sneakers.

Often wet, always dirty, but still worth a climb. Well protected!

Good warm up with a tricky start. Suprisingly fine.

When in doubt run it out!

Myyris delivers! Big line but some loose holds in the upper part. Thanks Erno for cleaning and setting up the anchor.

One of the best at Olhava! Climbed in a dreamy morning light. 3rd go.

First lead go. Short but excellent!

A battle with sweaty fingers.

Better way to end a day than climbing a head-point route? No!

Easier than it looks!

3rd go.

+27°C but felt easy.

Attempted in 2016. Still felt tricky!

Seconded in 2016.

Never again without a brush. One star if cleaned?!

Superb!! Mother of all traverses! 3rd ascent.

Really classic trad style!!

If this only would be longer!

Warm rock didn't make this any easier.