Olhava in Repovesi National Park
Posted in Finland on Oct 29th, 2008 4 Comments »
This week’s letter in Mrs. Nesbitt’s ABC Wednesday is O. I decided that O is for Olhava, which is one of the most well known rock climbing spots in Southern Finland. Olhava is located into middle of Repovesi National Park. Rock faces are something like 50m high, nearest camping site is right next to climbing routes and since we are talking about national park, there is no fee from camping. When summer turns into winter, climbers will simply switch from rock climbing to ice climbing.
One could ask, how well can climbing and National Park co-exist, but Olhava has long traditions in climbing and Repovesi is relatively new national park and as such it would make no sense to prohibit climbing.
Additional information:
Repovesi National Park in matka.kuvat.fi
P.S. Some might remember my ‘R - Rock climber‘ post from previous round in ABC Wednesday. Photograph in that post was also taken in Olhava.
