Strútsstigur: Strútsskáli - Álftavötn
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.62 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,319 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,663 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,201 ft
- TrailRank
- 23
- Min elevation
- 1,558 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 2 hours 11 minutes
- Coordinates
- 425
- Uploaded
- December 6, 2018
- Recorded
- January 2010
near Skogar, Suðurland (Lýðveldið Ísland)
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From Strútsskáli to Álftavötn hut
About 6 km to Strútslaug where the glacial river has to be crossed. Sometimes difficult to cross. Turn to the eastern hillside after crossing as soon as possible, because the flat ground gets more and more wet the more you go south. Hike east along Svarthnúkur. There are several possibilities. I prefer to succeed very close to the Svarthnúkur basis. You will find a very nice waterfall. After that keep hiking east. About 15 min later you get a wonderful view of a wide valley, called Álftavatnskrókur.
It is not the usual track to Álftavötn. You can avoid fording two bigger rivers if you hold to south-east and cross the Álftavatnskrókur in a southern turn. Then you have to cross only one small shallow river. The Álftavatnskrókur is a wide flat basin shortly before Álftavötn-hut.
About 6 km to Strútslaug where the glacial river has to be crossed. Sometimes difficult to cross. Turn to the eastern hillside after crossing as soon as possible, because the flat ground gets more and more wet the more you go south. Hike east along Svarthnúkur. There are several possibilities. I prefer to succeed very close to the Svarthnúkur basis. You will find a very nice waterfall. After that keep hiking east. About 15 min later you get a wonderful view of a wide valley, called Álftavatnskrókur.
It is not the usual track to Álftavötn. You can avoid fording two bigger rivers if you hold to south-east and cross the Álftavatnskrókur in a southern turn. Then you have to cross only one small shallow river. The Álftavatnskrókur is a wide flat basin shortly before Álftavötn-hut.
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