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Alta, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Raipas

Climbing area · Norway

Is it worth the trip?

5Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 2: rock wet, icy or too hot to climb, Rain before today is not known, Rock wet, not dry in the forecast

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 24 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
3°C
Air
2°C
Rain
0.4 mm

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
-1°C
Air
0°C
Rain
2.1 mm

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
2°C
Air
5°C
Rain
6.3 mm

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
1°C
Air
1°C
Rain
3.3 mm

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
0°C
Air
1°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
2°C
Air
2°C
Rain
7.8 mm

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
-2°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 130, poor
  2. Mon 224, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 1053, fair

The spot in two facts

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km
  • Best in Jul4 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Weather forecast and score for each day at Raipas
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*30, poorIcy4°C2°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov*24, poorWet3°C2°C0.4 mm
Tue 3Nov0, poorWet-1°C0°C2.1 mm
Wed 4Nov0, poorWet2°C5°C6.3 mm
Thu 5Nov0, poorWet1°C1°C3.3 mm
Fri 6Nov0, poorWet0°C1°C0.3 mm
Sat 7Nov0, poorWet2°C2°C7.8 mm
Sun 8Nov0, poorWet-2°C-2°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov0, poorWet-4°C0°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov53, fairDry1°C1°C0 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.

Town

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More climbing near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Raipas

1 crag mapped. Best in Jul. The nearest town to stay in is Alta.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • 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$1,410–US$2,630 each

about US$1,410–US$2,630 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 ALF, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$449–US$931
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$395–US$657
Food7 days eating outabout US$382–US$710
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$161–US$295
Totalabout US$1,410–US$2,630

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

Where to stay: Alta

Closest

Alta

5 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$147/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Alta · Booking.com

About Alta its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$147 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

About 20h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ALF, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 25 min by road

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