Finice2026, Oulu, Finland

25/02/2026

06/03/2024

New, interesting and suitable difficulty level competition routes are at the heart of any climbing competition.

The most important tool of the routesetters, the professionals who design and build the routes, is the aerial lift.

Janneniska JN27 aerial lift was serving well the routesetters of Finice2024, Ice Climbing Continental Cup & Finnish Championships. Thank you for co-operation!

PS. Ice climbing athletes find it interesting that Janneniska has generous employee fitness bonus system, like getting paid for run kilometers or support for competition fees.

Pic 1. Night shift routesetting at Oulu climbing tower with JN27. The main tower is 22m high and the small tower is connected with infamous overhanging "bridge". Boxes and hanging volumes give threedimensionality.(Marko Kerola)

Pic 2. Routesetting ongoing at Oulu climbing tower. (Aki Nevala)

Pic 3. Head routesetter Enni Bertling working long hours before the competition. (Janne Aula)

Pic 4. Routesetter Masato Nakajima is fixing the quickdraw during the competition. Competitors clip the rope to quickdraws when they advance, to protect themselves. (Janne Aula)

Pic 5. Route Judges Rosette, Guillermo and Essi judging the competition. (Janne Aula)

Pic 6. Route observatorion before the finals. The competitors do not see how the routes are climbed, but they are allowed to look at it. Making notes with pen and paperi is allowed, no photos. (Janne Aula)

Pic 7. Winner of u16 girls, Lili Boijer-Spoof (fin), doing the jump move. (Tapio Alhonsuo)

Pic 8. Vilja Helin (fin) shows the iceclimbers special move, figure-9, at overhanging wall. She won Finnish Championships in women and Continental cup in U20 girls. (Robert Hendriksen)

Pic 9. Jorge Veiga Rodriguez has reached the final hold at 22 meters, he won both his category U20 boys and men's competition. (Robert Hendriksen)

Pic 10. Next day of the competition, qualification routes were also re-built, to serve the climbing community in training. One of the volunteers behind the competition is trying the routes. (Janne Aula)

Thanks for pics

12/02/2024

Thank you Oulu Climbing Center for supporting Finice2024, The Ice Climbing Continental Open and Finnish Championships. Thank you for having us for the registration, award ceremony and closing party. We had an amazing competition with about 60 competitors of 10 countries and about 40 volunteers. Big thanks for everyone coming to Oulu!

Pics: 1 , 2,4,5 , 4

07/02/2024

Finnish Championships 2024 results, youth categories.
Suomen mestaruuskilpailujen tulokset, nuoret

Mitalistit:

U-16 naiset
1. Lili Boijer-Spoof, Alppikerho (kuva 1)
2. Lumi Pellikka, Alppikerho (kuva 2)

U-16 miehet
1. Eemeli Rytkönen, Oulun kiipeilyseura -91 (kuva 3)

U-18
1. Vivian Reynders, Alppikerho (kuva 4)

U-18 miehet
1. Suho Nio, Alppikerho (kuva 5)
2. Aaro Sihvonen, Alppikerho (kuva 6)

U-20 naiset
1. Vilja Helin, Alppikerho (kuva 7)
2. Ronja Kaila, Alppikerho (kuva 8)

U-20 miehet
1. Pyry Björk, Oulun kiipeilyseura -91 (kuva 9)
2. Teo Helasvuo, Alppikerho (kuva 10)

Onnittelut mitalisteille!!

Onnittelut ja isot kiitokset myös jokaiselle kilpailujen osallistujalle! Kisoja ei kannata järjestää jos ei saada suomalaisia paikalle! Seuraavaksi vain uudella innolla seuraavaa kautta kohti 💯

Photographers:
Picture 7 by Leevi Halme
All other pictures (1-6 and 8-10) by Robert Hendriksen

Iso kiitos tapahtuman tukijoille:











For media:

06/02/2024

Let me introduce our photographers. You will now find an almost the complete set of photos in https://oulunkiipeilyseura.kuvat.fi/kuvat/FinIce+2024/ expect Roberts' photos in his google drive (ask him the link in pm).

Here are the photographers (next year take pictures of each other please). This is not in any specific order.

Tapio Alhonsuo , former competitor and Finice2021 routesetter from Rovaniemi. (Pic 6)

Antti Jaakkola , a local climber and head of ice-farming in Finice tower! (Pic 7)

Janne Aula , Oulu climbing club chairman and responsible of snow removal from Tower area. Very nice portraits of volunteers and climbers! Actually, Janne surprised us by being a photographer also in addition to everything else, as he introduced his old hobby again. ( Pic 1)

Aki Nevala local climber and he can also fix cameras

Marko Kerola , long-time finice photographer, comes for a "day walk" with his camera every year... While others film climbing he can concentrate in other interesting things. (Pic 5)

Leevi Halme nature & bird specialist with climbing background also. We found him via tagging us in Instagram. B&W and dark tones rock! Hope to see Leevi again in climbing events. (8,9)

Zikrullah Bolukkaya,
A doctoral student from Oulu university, who found us from Oulu events calendar! We were lucky to have your unique view also! (Pic 3, 4)

Roberts Hendriksen,
He is a Grazy Dutch Guy who has been travelling with iceclimbing tour a few years. He think from the competitors point and aims to take a picture from every competitor on the competition. (Pic 2)

06/02/2024

Finnish Championships 2024 results, adults.
Suomen mestaruuskilpailun tulokset, aikuiset

Mitalistit:

Naiset:
1. Vilja Helin, Alppikerho, kuvat 1,2
2. Eerika Lipsanen, Kiipeilyurheilijat, kuva 3
3. Ronja Kaila, Alppikerho, kuva 4

Miehet:
1. Pauli Salminen, Alppikerho, kuvat 5,6
2. Henri Toivola, Alppikerho, kuva 7,
3. Markus Huhtala, Oulun kiipeilyseura, kuva 8

Onnittelut mitalisteille!

Loput tulokset
Naiset:
4. Salla Hiltunen, Oulun Kiipeilyseura
5. Vivian Reynders, Alppikerho
6. Saara Leppä, High Sport Vaasa

Miehet:
4. Pyry Björk, Oulun Kiipeilyseura
5. Jaakko Pellikka, Rovaniemen Vuoristoklubi
6. Niklas Dahlberg, Rovaniemen Vuoristoklubi
7. Jaakko Lehto, Alppikerho
8. Teo Helasvuo, Alppikerho
9. Sami Järvimäki, High Sport Vaasa
10. Suho Nio, Alppikerho
11. Ville Hakala, Alppikerho
12. Aaro Sihvonen, Alppikerho
13. Kristian Mäki-Jussila, High Sport Vaasa
14. Ville Kyllönen, Alppikerho

Onnittelut ja isot kiitokset kaikille kisaan tulleille, ei näitä kannata järjestää jos ei saada suomalaisia paikalle!!! Eikun uudella innolla seuraavaa kautta kohti!

Photographers:
Most of the pictures by Roberts Hendriksen except 2: Leevi Halme , 6: Janne Aula , 7: Zikrullah Bolukkaya

Iso kiitos tapahtuman tukijoille:










For media:

05/02/2024

Ice Climbing Continental Youth Open Oulu winners:

U-16 female:
1. Lili Boijer-Spoof FIN (pic 1)
2. Lumi Pellikka FIN (pic 2)
3. Tabitha O'Carroll GBR (pic 3)

U-16 male:
1. Jonas Rheinberger LIE (pic 4)
2. Eemeli Rytkönen FIN (pic 5)

📸 1&2&4: Tapio Alhonsuo
📸 3&5: Robert Hendriksen

Big Congratulations for podiums! And all competitors, thank you for coming to Oulu.

We also want to thank our supporters

05/02/2024

Ice Climbing Continental Youth Open Oulu winners:

U-18 female:
1. Vivian Reynders FIN (pic 1)
2. Maria Santos González ESP (pic 2)

U-18 male:
1. Suho Nio FIN (pic 3)
2. Aaro Sihvonen FIN (pic 4)

📸 1: Tapio Alhonsuo
📸 2&3: Leevi Halme
📸 4: Robert Hendriksen

Big Congratulations for podiums! And all competitors, thank you for coming to Oulu.

We also want to thank our supporters

05/02/2024

Ice Climbing Continental Youth Open Oulu winners:

U-20 female:
1. Lorena Beck LIE (pic 1)
2. Vilja Helin FIN (pic 2)
3. Ronja Kaila FIN (pic 3)

U-20 male:
1. Jorge Veiga Rodríguez ESP (pic 4)
2. Pyry Björk FIN (pic 5)
3. Teo Helasvuo FIN (pic 6)

📸 1&2: Leevi Halme
📸 3&4: Antti Jaakkola
📸 5&6: Robert Hendriksen

Big Congratulations for podiums! And all competitors, thank you for coming to Oulu.

We also want to thank our supporters

05/02/2024

Ice Climbing Continental Cup Open Oulu winners:

Women:
1. Lorena Beck, LIE (pic 1)
2. Eimir mcSwiggan IRL (pic 2)
3. Marianne Van Der Steen NED (pic 3)

Men:
1. Jorge Veiga Rodriguez ESP (pic 4)
2. Pauli Salminen FIN (pic 5)
3. Andreas Gantner LIE (pic 6)

All pictures Roberts Hendriksen

Big Congratulations for podiums! And all competitors, thank you for coming to Oulu.

We also want to thank our supporters

03/02/2024

Suomenmestaruustulokset ovat lähes valmiit!
Finnish Championships results!

U16 pojat:
1. Eemeli Rytkönen, OKS

U16 tytöt:
Selvitellään finaalissa: Lumi ja Lili

U18 pojat:
1. Suho Nio, Alppikerho
2. Aaro Sihvonen, Alppikerho

U18 tytöt:
1. Vivian Reynders, Alppikerho

U20 pojat:
1. Pyry Björk, Oulun Kiipeilyseura
2. Teo Helasvuo, Alppikerho

U20 tytöt:
1. Vilja Helin, Alppikerho
2. Ronja Kaila, Alppikerho

Miehet:
1. Pauli Salminen, Alppikerho
2. Henri Toivola, Alppikerho
3. Markus Huhtala, Oulun Kiipeilyseura

Naiset:
1. Vilja Helin, Alppikerho
2. Ronja Kaila, Alppikerho

03/02/2024

Technical break after qualifications, the routesetters are changing the routes for the coming finals with JN27.

Thank you for supporting Finice!