The wall is home to the steepest, proudest and the most difficult DWS climbs in Finland, and possibly in the whole north Europe. Crag has also few easier lines with very good quality. The developement has been slow because of the distant location of the crag (also long approach in swamp terrain + plenty of mosquitoes).
From 12.6.2021 there´s a new floating sauna on the shore for free use. This makes it easier to operate between the routes. Sauna has a dock/boatramp with a winch to take it up on the shore after use. There is no need to winch the raft all the way up from the lake, about 1 meter is enough to keep it steadily connected in shore. The raft is paid by crowdfunding from finnish climbing community. Raft can handle up to 6 persons, but overloading it will make the raft turn upside down, so be careful! Saimaan kiipeilijät are not responsible for maintaining the raft since the costs came from donations and those are all gone. So if you brake anything, please fix it also!
CODE FOR LOCK: 3401. In case of issues, you can sms to Jussi, nollaneljäviis 6339075.
Bring some firewoods for the sauna! Even few pieces every time helps so people won´t start to harvest the forest nearby. Also please don´t leave your beer cans or other stuff in the sauna and try to keep it in nice condition for the next users! There is no permission for any campfire so please bring your gas stove or use the sauna fireplace and the grill rack that can be found under the sauna seats.
The wall is facing north so if you want to enjoy the sun while climbing, it is recommended to go there super early in the morning (5-9am or late evenings 8-11pm). Steepest wall gets shade after 8am and Biisonimafia arete around 9am.
Jumping from the top is possible from Ei tippa Tapa top ledge (15m?) or Biisonimafia top (13m?). Biisonimafia has a big block on the top corner that is good to avoid before it´s checked properly. That said people have been jumping from it without problems. Depth around Aamuauringon metsästäjät-Pihlajaveden lautturit is between 5-9 meters.
If you want to asses the bottom by yourself and dont happen to have scuba diving equipment on your back, it is possible to have some 1kg metal object in the end of the cord and tow it back and forth while moving the raft. It will be easily recognized if it hits rocks somewhere.
Location of the cliff :
61,6349959, 29,1319532
Closest address that google navigator finds: Hirviniementie 262, Punkaharju. Then turn right and continue the gravel road until you come to parking.
Remember that DWS is extremely dangerous sport so never climb alone and download the 112 application so in case of emergency it is easy to locate the caller!
