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Kaldbakur mountain – Svínárhnjúkur mountain

Kaldbakur mountain – Svínárhnjúkur mountain

Hiking tour with The Touring Club of Akureyri

Kaldbakur mountain – Svínárhnjúkur mountain. skorskorskorskor

Departure at 08.00 in private cars.
Guide: Baldvin Stefánsson.
Fee: Members: ISK 2,000, others: ISK 3,500.
Included in the price: Guiding.
We drive to a car park just north of Grenivík village, but a few jeeps will need to be ferried some 6 km further north to the deserted farm Svínárnes. We walk along a marked route to the summit of Kaldbakur (1,173 m). Then we scramble along the mountain tops north to Útburðarskálarhnjúkur summit (1,172 m) and then along ridges to Eiríkskollur (1,040 m) and Svínárhnjúkur summit (1,058 m). If time permits we continue a bit further north to the Þerna summit (1,060 m) before descending down to the cars at Svínárnes. Total distance: 14 km, vertical ascent: 1400 m.

When
Saturday, August 22
Time
08:00
Where
Strandgata 23, Akureyri
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