Skaelingar - Sveinstindur
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.69 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,722 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,152 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,340 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 1,522 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 4 hours 7 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 42 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2999
- Uploaded
- August 1, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Suðurland (Lýðveldið Ísland)
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Itinerary description
From Skaelingar hut north to the Sveinstindur hut
First 5 km on the road then through a rather narrow gorge with lots of stream crossings along the green Uxartindar mountains.
At the end of the gorge you find a beautiful green lagoon. Next steep ascend of a hill and also steep descend on the other side. Because of erosion ba jökulhlaup it may rather be difficult to get down to valley ground.Then a small river must be forded. The rest of the hike follows the Skaftá river through lava deserts and moss pastures. Be very careful in the moss. Don´t destroy it!
First 5 km on the road then through a rather narrow gorge with lots of stream crossings along the green Uxartindar mountains.
At the end of the gorge you find a beautiful green lagoon. Next steep ascend of a hill and also steep descend on the other side. Because of erosion ba jökulhlaup it may rather be difficult to get down to valley ground.Then a small river must be forded. The rest of the hike follows the Skaftá river through lava deserts and moss pastures. Be very careful in the moss. Don´t destroy it!
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