Be One With Iceland on the Laugavegur Hiking Trail
Iceland has two very different routes called “Laugavegur” (“hot spring road”) One is the main shopping street in Reykjavik. The lower part of Laugavegur and Bankastræti which follows it into the city centre are collectively and only half-jokingly called “Fleece Street” by us locals for...
Scaling the Majestic Icelandic Peaks “Hidden” in Plain Sight
“I hope you guys brought a lot of sunblock, otherwise you are not going up there” said the guide as he carefully looked us over. Me and my friend had just arrived at his hut at 5:30 in the morning feeling a bit tired after...
Hiking to the Top of the Highest Mountain in Iceland
To be fair, Iceland hasn´t really got any really high mountains. Highest Mountain in Iceland is Mt. Hvannadalshnjúkur which is “only” 2.110 meters high. This rather lonely and forbidding looking slab of ice is located on the southern tip of Europe´s largest glacier, the Vatnajokull...
Extreme Climbing and Hiking in North of Iceland
Do you want to spend some 24 hours hiking and climbing across 45 kilometers of rugged terrain of snow, semi-glaciers and loose rocks and boulders, scaling 24 peaks and accumulating an elevation gain of 4,5KM in sub-arctic conditions? If so the annual 24 peak challenge...
