Description

Puuhamaa in Kasakallio area is a sympathetic small slightly overhanging wall which is only a around 2.5 to 3.5 meters high. The crag is located near the crossroads of Kehä 3 (103) and Uusi Porvoontie (170). At the moment Puuhamaa has 19 boulder problems ranging from 5A to 7C and the most common dificulty is 6C grade.

Puuhamaa climbing wall is located bottom of pass between couple of small hillocks. There are how ever couple of residential houses nearby so obviously I would be cautious of unnecessary loud noise making. Access to Puuhamaa climbing face even from furthest parking lot takes only about 5 minutes and from closest takes only like 30 seconds, hahahaa... There is a obvious clear pathway to the climbing face which is easily accessible with child carriage as well. There are couple of bus stops(Vilkkula 2, H5005 and H5006) near by Puuhamaa crag. Getting there with public transportation should be pretty easy and straightforward as well. You can access the bus time table from here: https://www.hsl.fi/en

Rock quality is a mixture of grey and red granite stone, so basically the most common rock type in Helsinki area. Some of the routes have sharpish holds but overall the rock quality is good. Could be better but not bad either.

Terrain near Puuhamaa face is thick mossy Finnish forest, therefore the face is in the shade all day long. Mossy terrain and the climbing wall having a lot of cracks is the reason this place dries quite slowly after rain. Most of the routes are completely unclimbable long after rain. Also access after winter can stretch into late spring or early summer because of the usual high snow level.

History

Puuhamaa crag in the area of Kasakallio was scouted on winter 2019 when there was basically no snow at all during that winter. Kasakallio area is a huge hill with few bigger granite walls potential for climbing but they are all inside conservation area or next to a private property. One of them is an old bolted slab where used to be climbing but it is now inside a conservation area.

Even though I scouted Puuhamaa wall 2019, I had so many new places and projects that I ended up cleaning it in the late spring of 2020 when we had a lot of time because of covid-19. Then I had a longer trip and forgot the whole place for a while. Only after telling my friends Juntti Asssis and Don Korlejouni who climbed the first 4 lines (Duo 6C, Don Korlejouni & Juntti Assis (Direct) 6C, Don Korlejouni & Juntti Assis (Right) 6C and Don Korlejouni & Juntti Assis lämppä 6A) there during spring of 2021. First time I was climbing there was during fall of 2021 and that was the time I made most of the new ascents by climbing basically only the easiest ones. After that few others have been there as it has been free topo. So far Olza and Oliver have climbed the hardest lines there.