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Mount Esja (Mosfellsbær)

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Trail stats

Distance
3.6 mi
Elevation gain
1,329 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,329 ft
Max elevation
1,988 ft
TrailRank 
34
Min elevation
25 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
one hour 13 minutes
Time
3 hours 9 minutes
Coordinates
393
Uploaded
April 24, 2022
Recorded
April 2022
2 Claps
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near Mosfellsbær, Höfuðborgarsvæði (Ísland)

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Itinerary description

Ascent to Mount Esja

Waypoints

PictographInformation point Altitude 270 ft
Photo ofStart of the route of Mount Esja

Start of the route of Mount Esja

Poster detailing the different trails and routes. Six miles (10 kilometers) north of Reykjavik, the 2,999-foot (914-meter) Mount Esja offers a volcanic mountain range of outstanding beauty.

PictographRiver Altitude 32 ft
Photo ofWe started walking

We started walking

PictographPanorama Altitude 98 ft
Photo ofPanoramic view of the road

Panoramic view of the road

PictographWaterfall Altitude 333 ft
Photo ofWe cross the river and keep climbing

We cross the river and keep climbing

PictographPanorama Altitude 394 ft
Photo ofWe continue ascending enjoying nature

We continue ascending enjoying nature

PictographPanorama Altitude 553 ft
Photo ofViews during the ascent.

Views during the ascent.

PictographPanorama Altitude 610 ft
Photo ofGlaciers.

Glaciers.

PictographRiver Altitude 832 ft
Photo ofThaw

Thaw

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,198 ft
Photo ofAscent

Ascent

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,435 ft
Photo ofAscent to the top.

Ascent to the top.

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,435 ft
Photo ofLast effort

Last effort

PictographSummit Altitude 1,990 ft
Photo ofSteinn Rock

Steinn Rock

Highest point of this route. Approximately 200 from the top, there's a point marked with a big rock called "Steinn".

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,990 ft
Photo ofOverview of Reykjavik

Overview of Reykjavik

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,944 ft
Photo ofWe begin the descent.

We begin the descent.

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,873 ft
Photo ofSnow in the mountains

Snow in the mountains

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,693 ft
Photo ofPanoramic views

Panoramic views

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,548 ft
Photo ofSnow on the peaks

Snow on the peaks

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,471 ft
Photo ofWe walk down the mountain

We walk down the mountain

PictographRiver Altitude 1,321 ft
Photo ofWe cross the river

We cross the river

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,227 ft
Photo ofWe keep going down

We keep going down

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,227 ft
Photo ofEnjoying of the landscape.

Enjoying of the landscape.

PictographBridge Altitude 782 ft
Photo ofWe cross the river again and link up with the path along which we ascended to the outward

We cross the river again and link up with the path along which we ascended to the outward

PictographIntersection Altitude 777 ft
Photo ofWe go down to the left.

We go down to the left.

PictographInformation point Altitude 710 ft
Photo ofCongratulations!! You have finished the route

Congratulations!! You have finished the route

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