Grasgiljatindur
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.42 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,108 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,085 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,230 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- 670 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 9 hours 20 minutes
- Coordinates
- 982
- Uploaded
- July 24, 2008
- Recorded
- July 2008
near Bjarnanes, Austurland (Ísland)
Viewed 4295 times, downloaded 97 times
Itinerary description
A fairly easy route to the summit of Grasgiljatindur. Finding you way up the cliffs towering over the valley can be a bit tricky, you have to follow the "road" (a rough track) and then the narrow path which replaces it.
Although the Book shows the route following the spine of the massif leading to the Grasgiljatindur summit this is for the birds - you have to stay on the SW slopes (though our return track is better than our ascent - which was a bit too low an the slope - but don't try the shortcut at the end of Vesturdalur, it wasn't worth the slight savings in distance). By the same token, the direct path connecting the two summits is impassable (at least in summer, crampons and an ice axe migh allow the transit in winter) thus the somewhat circuitous path shown!.
A much shorter route appears to be available up a ridge on the western slopes of the mountain.
The view from the top is fantastic, in the west you see Öræfajökull, in the north-west Kverkfjöll (on the other side of Vatnajökull!) etc., etc. - well worth the effort.
Although the Book shows the route following the spine of the massif leading to the Grasgiljatindur summit this is for the birds - you have to stay on the SW slopes (though our return track is better than our ascent - which was a bit too low an the slope - but don't try the shortcut at the end of Vesturdalur, it wasn't worth the slight savings in distance). By the same token, the direct path connecting the two summits is impassable (at least in summer, crampons and an ice axe migh allow the transit in winter) thus the somewhat circuitous path shown!.
A much shorter route appears to be available up a ridge on the western slopes of the mountain.
The view from the top is fantastic, in the west you see Öræfajökull, in the north-west Kverkfjöll (on the other side of Vatnajökull!) etc., etc. - well worth the effort.
Waypoints
Campsite
663 ft
Camp
19-JUL-08 10:38:29 We used this camp for both Grasgiljatindur and Sauðhamarstindur.
Summit
4,206 ft
Grasgiljatindur
19-JUL-08 17:10:53 - 19-JUL-08 17:10:53
Summit
4,232 ft
Summit 1
19-JUL-08 15:40:34 - 19-JUL-08 15:40:34
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