Urban crag in Helsinki. Lots of urban traffic and graffiti, too. Bus 550 drives past the site. Short walk-in from the nearest bus stop.
Happo, Seteli and Viivat take some time to dry (2-4 days in summer). The other routes are dry the next day after the rain.
The climbing history of Pommikallio is long. The old pitons date back to 1950's aid climbing era. There are some old bolts from the 90's placed for top rope anchors. The burly overhang was climbed on aid (A1/A2) in 1955 by Matti A. Jokinen and Kari Eskola.
First free ascents of the most obvious routes were done in 1984 once Kim Pennanen found the place again and Ilkka Paloheimo did the first ascent of Hangdog (6+). At that time they had no knowledge of Jokinen's ascents before them.
Sport climbing era started in the 2010's. The bolting philosophy was to make easily accessible and well protected safe "klettergarten" for the new sport climbing generation. There is some distance between the bolts especially in the top part to respect the work of earlier generations. The central cracks have been left unbolted for highball bouldering and trad climbing.
The forest towards the Viikki field is natural reservation and protected by law. The two caves are also protected by law . The caves date back to pre First World War era.
Please clean all trash! Including your trash and the trash left by others.
