Ring Road (R1), Iceland, day 3

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Maria e António

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Distance: 57.77 mi
Elevation gain: 5,095 ft
Technical difficulty: Easy
Elevation loss: 5,138 ft
Max elevation: 1,216 ft
TrailRank: 53
Min elevation: 230 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: 6 hours 9 minutes
Time: 12 hours 11 minutes
Coordinates: 6348
Uploaded: August 3, 2022
Recorded: August 2022

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near Hvolsvöllur, Suðurland (Ísland)

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02/08/2022
Iceland road trip, on the Ring Road, day 3.
Land of waterfalls and ice.
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1-Seljalandsfoss
On the road we have beautiful sight of Etjafallajökull (🏔1660mts)
2- Stop at a 'magical cave'
3- Skógafoss: 👣 7,5 kms walk: Stunning landscape around the waterfall. Mossy green vegetation covering the walls around the waterfull which was constatly splashing. Then, we tool a hiking path...
4- Solheimaggökull: 👣 4kms walk: we walked until we reached the glacier and then walked on it for 500 mts. We had to go back as it was too risky to walk further; we were not equipped to walk on ice 😪
This glacier is part of Mýrdalsjökull glaciar from where the Etjafallajökull, which erupted in 2010.

5- Vik...
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Ending at Hvolsvöllur - Vík í Mýrdal