Staying Home Sucks, home
Vidsel 2012 I
Vidsel, the nearest town, 9 km away. Photo: Milan Nykodym from Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Climbing area · Sweden

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Rock dry, Rock about 11 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 36 out of 100

Rock
Wetdry in 6 h
Rock temp
7°C
Air
3°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 61 out of 100

Rock
Icy
Rock temp
3°C
Air
2°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 93 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
11°C
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 79 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
9°C
Air
4°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Rock
Icy
Rock temp
5°C
Air
2°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 88 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
10°C
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 50 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
1°C
Air
2°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 117, poor
  2. Mon 236, poor
  3. Tue 361, good
  4. Wed 493, good
  5. Thu 579, good
  6. Fri 678, good
  7. Sat 788, good
  8. Sun 850, fair
  9. Mon 950, fair
  10. Tue 1023, poor

The spot in three facts

  • 3 cragsmapped within 5 km
  • Sport and tradstyles
  • Best in May5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Left
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*17, poorWet3°C3°C1.5 mm
Mon 2Nov*36, poorWetdry in 6 h7°C3°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov61, goodIcy3°C2°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov93, goodDry11°C8°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov79, goodDry9°C4°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov78, goodIcy5°C2°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov88, goodDry10°C7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov50, fairDry1°C2°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov50, fairWet5°C0°C0.3 mm
Tue 10Nov23, poorWet1°C2°C1.2 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Left

3 crags mapped. Sport and trad. The nearest town to stay in is Vidsel.

  • Crags 3 crags mapped.
  • Styles Sport and trad.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,460–US$2,720 each

about US$1,460–US$2,720 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to AJR, estimated from distance and season, changing at MUC, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$456–US$951
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$181–US$308
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$576
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$134–US$248
Totalabout US$1,460–US$2,720

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Vidsel

Closest

Vidsel

17 min by car · 2 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Vidsel · Booking.com

About Vidsel its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Vidsel, 9 km. We have not checked places to stay in Vidsel yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Älvsbyn, 19 km away (about 35 min by car). Search before you plan on staying there.

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 20h 55m

About 20h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → AJR, changing at Munich Airport (MUC), then 1h 30m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.