Siiri

Siiri offers all kinds of bouldering from delicate slab -climbing to hard roofs - but suites best for those who already feel comfortable climbing grades from 6A and above. Most of the climbing is on good holds (esp. on the Big block) with skin -friendly, smooth rock, which makes climbing as "indoorsy" as it can get on real rock.

Nowadays the area is pretty much fully developed, but some new routes pop up every now and then. On top of that, Siiri offers almost endless opportunities for making variations, links, and traverses of your own.

Having said that the rock is smooth and the holds are good, Siiri makes a great place for having a session on hot summer days as well. Being a bit shady and mossy it's not the first place to dry up in the spring, nor after the rains. There are a few exceptions to that that rule of thumb though, at least "Kaksi Tornia" boulder and the highballs on "Iso Kivi" are those to be mentioned.

During the summertime there are quite a lot of mosquitos, so don't forget to bring your repellent with you!

Please notice that the abseil rope on "Iso Kivi" is shorter nowadays, so you'll need to do a little downclimbing after topping those highballs climbed all the way to the top of the boulder. This has been done for security reasons in order to prevent kids living nearby climbing on top of the big boulder.

For all the First Ascentionists: Topo suggestions with silly eliminations and unnecessary variations will not be approved. Keep it simple and natural please!

There had been some rumors about a Huge block in the Siiri -area, close to the city of Hämeenlinna by the locals. There was some disbelief about the size among the local climbers, but in the end the rumors turned out to be fact - the block is Huge! So the dream became reality and a new crag for projecting some hard test pieces was established in the early 2011.

First route called "Martti, 5+" (named by the person from whom the boulders existance was first heard from) had its FA in 2011-05-10 by Ville Mäkinen, who had followed the dream of a big boulder in the woods of Siiri and finally found that it is truly a gem for the local climbing community. It didn't take too long it to be very popular for those outside of Hämeenlinna as well.

In the early days the rock was deep in the forest, and offered a nice hike through an old, shady and a bit mystical forest to get there. Since those days the residential area of Siiri has grown substantially and the forest is mainly cut down, but luckily the forests around the boulders are still there, and most likely will stay too.