Lofthellir
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.92 mi
- Elevation gain
- 223 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 489 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,243 ft
- TrailRank
- 24
- Min elevation
- 945 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 381
- Uploaded
- August 21, 2010
- Recorded
- August 2010
near Reykjahlíð, Norðurland Eystra (Ísland)
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Itinerary description
A visit to the cave Lofthellir a 3500 year old lavacave, a world of ice and darknes, located in the north-east part of Iceland near lake Mývatn. The cave boasts the greatest natural ice sculptures currently known in an Icelandic lava cave.
Waypoints
Waypoint
1,181 ft
Lofthellir
360 m
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Hi Villi,
we're 5 people visiting Iceland this summer...and we were expecting to visit the Lofthellir cave by our own. Did you visit it by your own? If that was the case, did you know if they rent helmets, crampons or axes in Reykjahlid?
Thanks a lot!!