Hestskarðshnjúkur
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,749 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 2,792 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,818 ft
- TrailRank
- 12
- Min elevation
- 184 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 48 minutes
- Coordinates
- 504
- Uploaded
- August 7, 2008
- Recorded
- July 2008
near Siglufjörður, Eyjafjardarsysla (Ísland)
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Itinerary description
Located across the fjord from the town of Siglufjörður, Hestskarðshnjúkur is one of the taller peaks in the area and offers a very nice view in all directions. Originally I had thought the route indicated in the Book had to be wrong, that it would make more sense to make for the pass for which the mountain is named and proceed to the top from there. I was wrong - the route indicated in the Book is perfect.
On the way up I kept hearing rocks fall down the slopes of the adjacent peak, whether that was caused by the tunnel being blasted through these mountains is anybody's guess - though I doubt it!
On the way up I kept hearing rocks fall down the slopes of the adjacent peak, whether that was caused by the tunnel being blasted through these mountains is anybody's guess - though I doubt it!
Waypoints
Car park
236 ft
Car
25-JUL-08 8:56:30
Summit
2,808 ft
Summit
25-JUL-08 11:19:21 - 25-JUL-08 11:19:21
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