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Flatanger (Hanshelleren)

Sport climbing in Trøndelag, Norway. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring an 80 m rope. It lowers off 70% of the 27 sport pitches listed here.

About 24 quickdraws. Few pitches here list their bolts, so that's estimated from pitch length.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m44%
  • 60 m59%
  • 70 m67%
  • 80 m70%
Median
25 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
55 m

Many classics in the cave are 40 m long. Bring an 80 m.

Source: ukclimbing.com

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

80m

Covers 70% of pitches

Draws

~24

Your 70 m covers only 67%

Median
25 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
55 m

Draws: Estimate: about 1 bolt per 2.5 m

Many classics in the cave are 40 m long. Bring an 80 m.

Your 70 m only lowers off 67% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Bring 80 m.
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Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Flatanger (Hanshelleren)

  1. Change9b+55 m–
  2. Change L19a+/b55 m–
  3. Move9b/b+55 m–
  4. Silence9c45 m–
  5. Frigg extension8a40 m–

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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