Norsk Tindesenter – Carls Hall

Norsk Tindesenter – Carls Hall

Carls Hall is the climbing hall inside Norsk Tindesenter, the Norwegian mountaineering centre that opened by the harbour in Åndalsnes in May 2016. Its tallest wall is 21 m high, one of the highest indoor climbing walls in Norway, and one ticket covers both the climbing hall and the centre's mountaineering museum.

Climbing

• Ropes: about 60 routes of varying difficulty on 20 top anchors, including a steep wall well suited to lead climbing, an 11 m vertical wall in the gallery and five auto-belays.
• Bouldering: a bouldering wall and a Kilter Board, plus a cave with problems set for children.

Visiting

Drop-in climbing is available whenever the centre's restaurant, Tindestua, is open, and members can also climb outside opening hours; memberships are bought at reception, which is staffed on weekdays from 10:00 to 17:00 and at weekends from 10:00 to 16:00. Everyone who climbs fills in a liability form. Belaying on top-rope needs a Topptaukort or a Brattkort, and on lead a Brattkort, which you show when buying a ticket; the centre runs Brattkort courses. Children under 13 must be supervised by an adult, and to use the auto-belays you must be over 13 and hold a belay card, or climb with a card holder. Shoes, harnesses, ropes and belay devices can be hired, and the centre also offers climbing sessions for companies and groups, guided mountain trips and the Via Ferrata Åndalsnes.