Hafnarfjall - Gildalshnúkur
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.28 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,301 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,301 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,798 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- -204 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 8 hours
- Coordinates
- 2995
- Uploaded
- April 8, 2013
- Recorded
- April 2013
near Borgarnes, Vesturland (Lýðveldið Ísland)
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Itinerary description
We hiked this up on a rather clear day in spring, just after some fresh snow had fallen the night before. The initial ascent was extremely quick and easy except for a patch of ice just before the first peak. However, the descent turned out to be a nightmare. A lot of snow cornices made it difficult to find a path that did not just end up at a cliff. Eventually we just bit the bullet and took a slightly sketchy route down, requiring some scrambling among the soft and lose rocks as well as a snowed in gully.
I do not recommend following this trail from just before the second peak onward, nor do I recommend hiking this mountain in winter unless you have sufficient experience. In the summer, though, this could be a lot a easier because the actual path should not be blocked by ice and snow.
I do not recommend following this trail from just before the second peak onward, nor do I recommend hiking this mountain in winter unless you have sufficient experience. In the summer, though, this could be a lot a easier because the actual path should not be blocked by ice and snow.
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