Dór
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.39 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,398 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,355 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,985 ft
- TrailRank
- 26
- Min elevation
- 2,221 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 16 minutes
- Coordinates
- 991
- Uploaded
- January 14, 2008
- Recorded
- September 2007
near Kálfafell, Vestur-Skaftafellssysla (Ísland)
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Itinerary description
On September 22nd 2007 we hiked from the Jökulheimar cabin to the rock formation Dór. Although Dór is interesting enough, I'm not sure I'd recommend a hike this long to view it - there's a perfectly good 4x4 track that runs most of the way! We had to do it this way only because the Book (Icelandic Mountains) prescribes this route ....
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Summit
2,884 ft
Dór
22-SEP-07 10:41:56 - 22-SEP-07 10:41:56
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can anyone tell me how to get to Jokulheimar hut, using public transport, i hope to visit Iceland in May/June 2012 to ski from Jokulheimar to the east side of Vatnajokul ice cap, also who owns the hut and do i require permission to stay there?
thanks
The hut belongs to the Icelandic Glaciological Society - if you Google "jökulheimar glaciological hut" then you'll find a wealth of information.
No public transport as far as I know - and your time-frame may in fact coincide with the season that might best be described as "mud" - during which vehicle travel in the highlands is BANNED (as opposed to being "at own risk"). I am not quite sure of this - check with the road administration (vegagerdin.is)
Leifur, any other interesting hikes within the area beside Dór? I barely found any other hikes that were made there.