Fimmvörðuháls Pass (Iceland),
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DATE 21.07.2015 | DISTANCE approx 30KM | HIGHEST POINT 1039M
Posted by Matt | Filed under OTHER LOCATIONS
This is the gpx file i used. get it here at wikiloc http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=83705
Here it is, the last day of trekking, an extension beyond the laugavegur on to the Fimmvörðuháls Pass. everyone since 2010 has heard of Eyjafjallajokull when it erupted and grounded air traffic across europe. there is great footage of the eruption on youtube. so it was pretty intense to think that we would be passing beside it today and also passing between two glaciers. we also knew that it was going to be a long day. weary walkers back at ÞÓRSMÖRK HAD WARNED US THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF SNOW UP THERE MAKING IT ALL THAT MORE TIRING AND COMBINED WITH A HEIGHT OF 1093M TO GET OVER HE KNEW WE HAD TO SET OFF EARLY. IN THE END IT TOOK US 11 HOURS BUT WITH A NICE STOP OFF AT ONE OF THE HUTS TO BREW UP AND REPLENISH OUR WATER.
Bridges definitely needed for crossing the krossa river on our way to basar.
a stunning valley in Goðaland as we traverse a narrow track