Access is sensitive
⚠️ Keep noise down, holiday homes very near. From Kuusamo-Posio from turn to Syrjäsuo. Park along Syrjäsuontie. Old access was to drive to the cliff. in 4.2026 Ruoppivaarantie is blocked with locked... Read more
We like Ruoppivaara
Juha Lipponen
We visited on 22.6.2013. There was a hawk nesting around Superlaatta sector so we could not climb there. Otherwise it seems to be the most interesting sector. Routes are dirty, flaking/crumbling and hard to spot. Still there is some interesting climbing. As for the access, all sectors can be fairly easily accessed from the NE parking (although some scrambling required). From the parking continue along the direction of the road and right. On the left there is a private stairway that goes to a cabin.
Juuso O
28 routes, mostly trad, grades 3-6. Most first ascents by Leo Määttälä 1983-85.
Iikka Konola
Some toproping routes with really dangerous loose stones.
Activities on this crag
Ruoppivaara
Access is sensitive!
⚠️ Keep noise down, holiday homes very near.
From Kuusamo-Posio from turn to Syrjäsuo. Park along Syrjäsuontie.
Old access was to drive to the cliff. in 4.2026 Ruoppivaarantie is blocked with locked gate. Hakolammentie is in bad shape, so driving not possible.
Walk about 2 km to cliff.
Two sectors very near each other at west end and rest two sectors at east near Ruoppivaarantie.
You find (steep) paths from cliff top to sectors. There is no extra path leading down.