Hornstandir Iceland ( juli 2011)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 38.14 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,903 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 7,001 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,467 ft
- TrailRank
- 42
- Min elevation
- -198 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 1906
- Uploaded
- August 2, 2011
- Recorded
- August 2011
near Horn, Vestfirðir (Ísland)
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Itinerary description
Hiking trip in Hornstandir (Vestfjords in Iceland).
Day 1: Hlöðuvík (Búðir) to Atlaskarð (view to Hornvík) and back,
Day 2: Hlöðuvík to Hesteyri,
Day 3: Hesteyri to Stakkadalur í Aðalvík,
Day 4: Stakkadalur to Látravík then to Skorar (NATO base) in Straumnesfjall, then down to Rekavik and back to Stakkadalur.
We also went to the Whale station in Hesteyri (that is 4 km trip in total).
Day 1: 11 km
Day 2: 16,6 km
Day 3: 8,5 km
Day 4: 25,6 km
Day 1+2+3+4: 61,4 km
Extra trip: Whale station 4 km (Hesteyri)
Extra trip: Fishing in Stakkadalur ca. 5 km
Total 70,4 km
More pictures from this trip are here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/106954740663685646701/Hornstandir2011
Day 1: Hlöðuvík (Búðir) to Atlaskarð (view to Hornvík) and back,
Day 2: Hlöðuvík to Hesteyri,
Day 3: Hesteyri to Stakkadalur í Aðalvík,
Day 4: Stakkadalur to Látravík then to Skorar (NATO base) in Straumnesfjall, then down to Rekavik and back to Stakkadalur.
We also went to the Whale station in Hesteyri (that is 4 km trip in total).
Day 1: 11 km
Day 2: 16,6 km
Day 3: 8,5 km
Day 4: 25,6 km
Day 1+2+3+4: 61,4 km
Extra trip: Whale station 4 km (Hesteyri)
Extra trip: Fishing in Stakkadalur ca. 5 km
Total 70,4 km
More pictures from this trip are here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/106954740663685646701/Hornstandir2011
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Skemmtileg leið, fór þarna um í fyrra með góðum hóp sem brúaði Hlöðuvíkurósinn og er forvitin um hvort brúin standi enn - getur þú sagt mér það?
Hlöðuvíkurósin, þá meinar þú Kjaransána er það ekki? Hún var brúuð (með trumbum) um miðjan júlímánuð í fyrra og var enn nú í lok júlí 2011.
Bæði Hlöðuvíkurós sem og Kjaransáin eru brúið með rekadrumbum sem standa þegar þetta er skrifað (júlí 2011).
Excelente fotossss
https://is.wikiloc.com/fjallaferd-slodir/hornstandir-iceland-juli-2011-1904609/photo-689640
Deserted "NATO base" from cold war time on Straumnesfjall. https://is.wikiloc.com/fjallaferd-slodir/hornstandir-iceland-juli-2011-1904609/photo-689642
Thanks. https://is.wikiloc.com/fjallaferd-slodir/hornstandir-iceland-juli-2011-1904609/photo-689640
Hello, I am visiting Iceland in july and am thinking about doing this route.
I was wondering how you got to the starting point and how you got back from the end of this trip.
Did you have a car? Is it possible to get there in public transport or hitch-hiking?
Thanks in advance
Hello
You have to take a boat to both ends of this trip. there are no roads and this is extreamly rural aria and no service, you are on your own - fantastic aria.
Go to vesturferdir.is to book the boat trip.
Thank you very much!
You can take a boat from Ísafjörður, see: http://www.westtours.is/
There is little infrastructure in this area, you are on your own. Cheers. Broddi.
If you want to look at better maps of this area check out this site (see link below), its runned by "National Land Survey of Iceland"
http://atlas.lmi.is/kortasja/
on the right corner is "Kortaval", which means different kind of maps, check out "Atlaskort" they are old but informative.
if you switch to English, the page will ask for username password so stay with the icelandic version.
Thank you very very much this is extremely helpful!