Activity

Drangajökull

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Author

Leifur Hákonarson
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Trail stats

Distance
22.93 mi
Elevation gain
3,409 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
3,360 ft
Max elevation
3,040 ft
TrailRank 
22
Min elevation
43 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
11 hours 38 minutes
Coordinates
962
Uploaded
January 4, 2008
Recorded
April 2007
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near Melgraseyri, Nordur-Isafjardarsysla (Ísland)

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Itinerary description

A wonderful but strenuous ski trip on the Drangajökull ice cap. Although most of the snow had melted from lower elevations we managed to find snowdrifts in a river gully that allowed us to continue skiing all the way to the car we had placed at the terminus. Click "Drangajökull" (above) for photos.

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Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,543 ft

'Base Camp'

OK, the name is a joke :-) This is where we left our skis while we made our way along a rather narrow snowy col to the peak of Hrolleifsborg

PictographWaypoint Altitude 56 ft

Car dropoff

29-APR-07 9:22:40 - 29-APR-07 9:22:40

PictographWaypoint Altitude 98 ft

Car pickup

29-APR-07 21:17:26 - 29-APR-07 21:17:26

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,779 ft

Hrolleifsborg

29-APR-07 15:51:58 - 29-APR-07 15:51:58

PictographWaypoint Altitude 3,038 ft

Jökulbunga

29-APR-07 17:47:51 - 29-APR-07 17:47:51

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,188 ft

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