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1 451 m
76 m
11,25 km
Megtekintve 6240 alkalommal, letöltve 93 alkalommal
közel Ólafsvík, Vesturland (Ísland)
Hossza
11,25 kmSzintemelkedés
1 448 mNehézségi szint
Mérsékeltlefelé
873 mMax elevation
1 451 mTrailrank
45
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76 mTrail type
One WayIdõ
5 óra 17 percKoordináták
1580Uploaded
2010. július 21.Recorded
július 2010Leifur Hákonarson Minden jog fenntartva
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I've wanted to do this for a long time - and then I went ahead and did it :-)
We had been having a heat wave for days, the temperature hovered around 20°C and there was no wind. Luckily I had plenty of liquids because there is no water to be had until at an elevation of more than 1300 metres.
My route basically followed the skyline in the title photograph from left to right. for more photos visit my SmugMmug album, just click the title of this track above (sorry about the captions being in Icelandic!).
We had been having a heat wave for days, the temperature hovered around 20°C and there was no wind. Luckily I had plenty of liquids because there is no water to be had until at an elevation of more than 1300 metres.
My route basically followed the skyline in the title photograph from left to right. for more photos visit my SmugMmug album, just click the title of this track above (sorry about the captions being in Icelandic!).
19-JUL-10 15:44:40 Just below the westernmost of the peaks, "Vesturþúfa", this antenna shed nestles on a little hill. You can walk all the way up there without ever stepping on snow!
19-JUL-10 17:59:38 This marks the location of the summer road which crosses the peninsula east of the glacier. the images were taken just short of the raod and show, respectively, the view towrds the road and towards the glaicer.
19-JUL-10 17:24:15 This location marks the edge of the glaicer proper - though there are disconnected snow fields at lower elevations.
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pakitin 2010. aug. 15.
Very nice pictures indeed!!
I went to the top one week before, but as "sily tourist" on ice track :( I hope to reach the pick again next summer
Greetings from Madrid
Pakitín
begopop 2017. okt. 31.
If following your route, do we need ice axe or crampons? Is this a technical hike? The ice cracks in the pictures look dangerous. I was in Iceland 7 years ago and I may go again this summer. I will find many tourists, it seems... :-(
But still an amazing country.
Leifur Hákonarson 2017. nov. 1.
The common way to explore glaciers is to go there in spring when crevasses are still filled with snow. This definitely requires full glacier equipment, i.e. crampons, ice axe and a line with at least four people.
I used a different approach, I did this late enough in the season (late summer) to give confidence that all crevasses would be visible - I then simply stepped over them or avoided them. I think I was quite safe - but I obviously cannot guarantee anything.
I would bring all the equipment (though a line and belts don't really make sense unless there are four or more people) and use it if needed. You can rent the gear in Reykjavik.
elius94 2020. aug. 2.
Hey! Thank you so much for sharing this track.
Could you please tell us the current state of the road? Is it feasible with glacier equipment? If we want to do it in the next few days, is it safe? Thanks again.