Climbing Forecast Lofoten Presten (Kalle)

LOFOTEN · GRANITE

Presten (Kalle) climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp13°C
Wind9 km/h
Gusts14 km/h
Humidity81.2%
Rain 48h0.4mm
Last rain0h ago

Assessment

0.8mm rain forecast
Humidity 85% — potential fog
Good friction temperature range for granite

Drying Time

12% dry · 2-5h to dry

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Tuesday 15 September
Poor
Temp13°C
Rain0.8mm
Wind9 km/h
Gusts14 km/h
Humidity85%
0.8mm rain forecastHumidity 85% — potential fog
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
15:00 13° 0.4mm 9 81.2%
16:00 13° 0.4mm 10 88%
17:00 12° dry 8 92%
18:00 12° dry 9 93.6%
19:00 12° dry 12 95.1%
20:00 11° dry 12 95%
21:00 11° dry 12 94.5%
Wed Wednesday 16 September
Poor
Temp11°C
Rain8mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts
Humidity90%
8.4mm rain forecastHumidity 90% — potential fog
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 11° 0.2mm 13 77.5%
07:00 12° 0.2mm 13 79.3%
08:00 11° 0.3mm 14 83.2%
09:00 11° 0.5mm 13 86%
10:00 11° 0.5mm 13 88.6%
11:00 11° 0.4mm 14 89%
12:00 11° 0.2mm 21 90.4%
13:00 11° 0.5mm 23 90.3%
14:00 11° 0.8mm 25 90.8%
15:00 11° 0.5mm 31 90.6%
16:00 11° 0.5mm 31 89.7%
17:00 11° 0.8mm 30 90.2%
18:00 11° 0.7mm 31 89.8%
19:00 11° 0.7mm 35 90.3%
20:00 10° 0.6mm 36 91.3%
21:00 10° 0.4mm 36 90.9%
Thu Thursday 17 September
Good
Temp9°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind17 km/h
Gusts
Humidity74%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 dry 30 87.8%
07:00 dry 27 85.4%
08:00 dry 25 82.9%
09:00 dry 21 81.3%
10:00 dry 20 80.6%
11:00 dry 19 79.9%
12:00 10° dry 18 76.6%
13:00 10° dry 17 73.2%
14:00 10° dry 15 71.1%
15:00 dry 15 69.6%
16:00 dry 14 68.4%
17:00 dry 13 71.3%
18:00 dry 12 74.8%
Fri Friday 18 September
Good
Temp11°C
Raindry
Wind17 km/h
Gusts
Humidity60%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 dry 15 80.5%
12:00 11° dry 17 60.2%
18:00 dry 16 73.3%
Sat Saturday 19 September
Good
Temp12°C
Raindry
Wind13 km/h
Gusts
Humidity76%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 10° dry 14 85.8%
12:00 12° dry 13 75.9%
18:00 11° dry 13 88.3%
Sun Sunday 20 September
Poor
Temp12°C
Rain0.9mm
Wind14 km/h
Gusts
Humidity88%
0.9mm rain forecastHumidity 88% — potential fog
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 11° 0.5mm 16 91.3%
12:00 12° dry 14 88.4%
18:00 10° dry 12 89.4%
Mon Monday 21 September
Good
Temp12°C
Raindry
Wind18 km/h
Gusts
Humidity77%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 dry 16 89.3%
12:00 12° dry 18 77.1%
18:00 dry 16 86.2%
Tue Tuesday 22 September
Poor
Temp11°C
Rain1mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts
Humidity84%
1mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 dry 15 84.2%
12:00 11° 0.5mm 22 84%
18:00 10° 0.5mm 30 88.7%

About Presten (Kalle)

Probably Lofoten's most famous cliff, rising 500m directly above the fishing village of Kalle on the south-west coast of Austvågøy. Rock is part of the Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granite (AMCG) suite, ~1.8 billion years old, but every guidebook and climber calls it granite — friction and drying character are identical. South-west aspect catches evening light through the midnight sun period. The wall is fully exposed to Atlantic weather from the west, so westerly winds bring sea spray and fog even without rain; the site drying model treats this as a coastal high-exposure crag, which correctly flags fog days AMBER/RED. Approach is 45 minutes from Kalle village up scree, then scramble to the base. Very committing routes — full trad rack, retreat is often via long abseils.

Region
Lofoten
Rock type
Granite
Aspect
south-west-facing
Altitude
20m
Exposure
high
Seepage
low

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