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Hi,

Hoping for some people to help decide where to head for the summer. I've got 6-7 weeks to head somewhere cool for climbing and have friends heading to Chamonix and Norway. I've spent two seasons in Cham which were awesome and there are lots more routes I want to do.

I've never been to Norway but it looks amazing, would be climbing on the Lofoten Islands mostly.

I'd probably drive to whichever one I chose.

Help!

In reply to onlyhalfwayup:

I had a great time in Norway, the granite is amazing. But, it did piss it down for 9 days out of 12 that we were there.

The weather is probably a bit more predictable in Cham(?)

In reply to onlyhalfwayup:

Not saying it's not worth it if you've got 6-7 weeks, but have you scoped how long it takes to drive to Lofoten?

It's reeeeeeeeeeeeally far!

In reply to Andy Moles:

We did this drive last year. Was stunning and definitely formed part of the holiday. Came back down Sweden too and stopped off in bohusland. Highly recommended.

We managed it in a 4 week window so 6 weeks should be fine. Make sure you stop off at stetind on your way through. Awesome mountains 

In reply to onlyhalfwayup:

Norway. And Sweden. 

one of my most memorable trips ever there last year. Two and a half weeks of bomber weather in July. 

In reply to Andy Moles:

I was thinking I'd take a week/10 days to drive out and make a but of a roadtrip out of it, I did have a look at the distance and it is a bit eye watering...

In reply to onlyhalfwayup: The weather is a lot more predictable in Cham. I've never had good weather in northern Norway and summer is the wet season....

In reply to wbo2:

On the other hand I've spent maybe a month or 6 weeks in northern Norway in week long trips over several years and had good to excellent weather. Maybe lucky, but I know the Arctic had long periods of dry stable weather last summer too from friends who were there. 

In reply to wbo2:

On the flip side I've also had periods of storm where you couldn't do much climbing in Chamonix!