Climbing Forecast Lofoten Vågakallen — Storpillaren

LOFOTEN · GRANITE

Vågakallen — Storpillaren 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

10% dry · 3-5h to dry

7-day forecast

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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 Vågakallen — Storpillaren

The 942m Vågakallen summit dominates the Austvågøy skyline north of Kabelvåg. Storpillaren, the west face pillar, is one of Lofoten's classic alpine trad lines — long approach through boulder fields and moss, then 600m of high-quality granite crack and slab. Same AMCG-suite rock as Presten, and the two share weather (both west-facing walls on Austvågøy's Atlantic coast). Committing, alpine in feel — descent via a long walk down the east flank rather than abseil. Bring a full rack and be off the summit before afternoon fog rolls in off the sea.

Region
Lofoten
Rock type
Granite
Aspect
west-facing
Altitude
100m
Exposure
high
Seepage
low

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