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Ultra trail Landmannalaugar - Skogafoss (2013/08/08)

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Distance
50.98 mi
Elevation gain
10,656 ft
Technical difficulty
Very difficult
Elevation loss
12,530 ft
Max elevation
3,538 ft
TrailRank 
25
Min elevation
99 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
18 hours 23 minutes
Coordinates
9912
Uploaded
October 2, 2017
Recorded
August 2013
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near Skogar, Suðurland (Lýðveldið Ísland)

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Itinerary description

Ultratrail made in Iceland linking the Laugavegurinn or Landmannalaugar treking to the Skogafoss waterfall. Route made in one day under very hard weather conditions, with rain in the first half of the trail and later with strong winds near Fimmvoerduhals pass. Cataloged as Very difficult for this reason.
In the route you must cross several rivers but technically it is simple. Impressive environment, pure geology, showing lava flows, fumaroles, craters generated in 2010, etc.

Islandian egindako ultratraila, Laugavegurinn edo Landmannalaugar treking-a Skogafoss urjauziraino luzatuz. Ibilbide osoa jarraiean eta egun bakar batean egin zen, oso baldintza meteorologiko gogorrekin, euria lehen erdi osoan jasanda eta haize bortitzekin Fimmvoerduhals lepoaren inguruan. Arrazoi honengatik oso zaila bezala katalogatu dut.
Ibilbidean zehar hainbat erreka guruzatu behar dira, baina orokorrean teknikoki nahikoa erraza da. Ingurua benetan ikusgarria, geologiaz gozatzeko modukoa, laba, fumarolak, 2010eko krater jaio berriak, etab. ikusiz.

Ultra trail realizado en Islandia que enlaza la ruta Laugavegirinn o treking de Landmannalaugar prolongandolo hasta la cascada Skogafoss. Ruta realizada de tirón en un solo día y bajo unas condiciones meteorológicas muy duras, con lluvia en la primera mitad del recorrido y posteriormente con fuertes vientos en las inmediaciones del collado Fimmvoerduhals. Catalogada de muy dificil por este motivo.
La ruta incluye varios vadeos peron en general, técnicamente es sencilla. Entorno impresionante, geología en estado puro, podemos ver coladas de lava, fumarolas, crateres generados en el 2010, etc.

LANDMANNALAUGAR - HRAFNTINNUSKER - ALFTAVATN - HVANNGIL - EMSTRUR - THORSMORK - FIMMVOERDUHALS - SKOGAFOSS

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,920 ft

1. LANDMANNALAUGAR

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 3,366 ft

2. HRAFNTINNUSKER

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 1,795 ft

3. ALFTAVATN

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 1,860 ft

4. HVANNGIL

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 1,555 ft

5. EMSTRUR

6. THORSMORK

PictographIntersection Altitude 0 ft

7A.FIMMVOERDUHALS

Fimmvoerduhals-Skali

7B.Fimmvoerduhals-Skali

Fimmvoerduhals-Skali

PictographPanorama Altitude 0 ft

8. SKOGAFOSS

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 653 ft

Husadalur- Porsmork

REF-BALDVINSKALI

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