Eika Sportssenter

Eika Sportssenter

Eika Sportssenter is the sports centre run by SiÅs, the student welfare organisation at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Ås. You don't have to be a student: anyone aged 18 or over can join as an external member, and anyone without a membership can buy a day ticket for the climbing facility. Membership also covers the gym, group classes and the sports halls.

Climbing

• Rope: a wall up to 12.5 metres high with about 70 routes at any time, set by experienced climbers.
• Auto-belays: no experience needed, just a briefing from the staff.
• Bouldering: an area for all levels, from beginners to experienced climbers.

To belay on rope you need a top-rope card (topptaukort) or a Brattkort, the Norwegian belay certificate. SiÅs runs four-hour top-rope and lead courses in Norwegian, and a climbing supervisor (klatrevakt) is on duty on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 17:00 to 20:00, except from mid-June to mid-August, who can also run top-rope and lead tests. Shoes, harnesses and ropes can be hired at reception.

Children, groups and hours

Children can climb with an adult on Tuesdays from 17:00 to 20:00, when the supervisor is on duty, and on Sundays from 10:00 to 13:00 without one; each adult can bring up to two children. Groups can hire the climbing facility, with instructors on request. The climbing facility is open in the centre's staffed hours; members can get into the centre unstaffed from 06:00 to 23:59 every day, but SiÅs lists the climbing facility with the staffed hours.