Esja - Kistufell Loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.29 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,143 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,143 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,043 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- -43 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 53 minutes
- Time
- 5 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2620
- Uploaded
- July 8, 2023
- Recorded
- July 2023
near Mosfellsbær, Höfuðborgarsvæði (Ísland)
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Itinerary description
Great hike! But hard work for such a short distance. Esja is a tough mountain, it's either steep or difficult terrain (even on the plateau). There's no easy way up, it's work in any case. Today's route up over Steinn is short, intense and a lot more accessible with the chains. The plateau was very warm due to the lack of wind and the terrain under foot either jagged rocks or moss, so not easy. The route down beneath Gunnlaugskarđ was intimidating at the midpoint, but not too steep with the correct route. To try the same anti-clockwise
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