Tindfjallajökull Hike

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Difficulty

Moderate

Duration

6 hours

Price from

25.990 ISK

Tindfjallajökull is a perfect hike/mountaineering for people that wan’t a nice day of hiking on the high glacier.
The view on the summit is amazing , you can see in to the valley Þórsmörk and the famus glacier Eyjafjallajökull that erupdid 2010.And in the south you can see south coast and Vestmannaeyjar ( Westman Islands )

We meet at N1( gas station ) in Hvolsvöllur and drive together on a jeep to miðskáli ( midle hut ) that take a bout 40 -70min but it depends on conditions on the roads. From that hut we start the hike up the glacier.

Glacier gear, Crampons, Ice axe , Ropes , carabiners, Glacier guide, coffee

Warm cloths :

rain gear pants and jacket,

Down or primaloft jacket ( can be nice on lunch brake)

Hat and gloves

20-30l backpack

food and water for the day.

Sunglasses

Hikingpoles

Hiking boots

Tindfjallajökull hike
Tindfjallajökull is a perfect hike/mountaineering for people that wan’t a nice day of hiking on the high glacier.
The view on the summit is amazing , you can see in to the valley Þórsmörk and the famus glacier Eyjafjallajökull that erupdid 2010.And in the south you can see south coast and Vestmannaeyjar ( Westman Islands )

about Tindfjallajökull.

Tindfjallajökull is a glacier on the soutcost of Iceland . Glacier is a round 19 km² . Higest peak of Tindfjallajökull is Ýmir 1,464meters and the neighbor peak Ýma 1,448meters. The name Ýmir comes from Nordic mythology the ice giant Ými. Last eruption was 54.000 years a go.