Strútsstígur: Hvanngil - Strútsskáli
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,460 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,273 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,597 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 1,843 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 4 hours 26 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 17 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2755
- Uploaded
- August 2, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Skogar, Suðurland (Lýðveldið Ísland)
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Itinerary description
Start at Hvanngil hut and climb up the Hvanngilshausar ridge. Fantastic view of Myrdalsjökull and Laugarvegur.
Pass Einstigsfjall and cross the wide wet valley Kaldaklof rich of small streams.
At the small hill Móhella enter the black Sandur and hold on to a rock formation in the middle of the sandur. Then turn to northeast into the the next valley. Deep in the valley ascent on of the ridges in eastern direction. There you will find a footpath again. After a short while Strútsskáli comes in sight.
Pass Einstigsfjall and cross the wide wet valley Kaldaklof rich of small streams.
At the small hill Móhella enter the black Sandur and hold on to a rock formation in the middle of the sandur. Then turn to northeast into the the next valley. Deep in the valley ascent on of the ridges in eastern direction. There you will find a footpath again. After a short while Strútsskáli comes in sight.
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2,203 ft
Bubble or crater in Sandur
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