Remoteness

Gjáfjöll / Herðubreiðarfjöll / Hrúthálsar

June 2016: 2/4

On Bræðraklif, looking towards the Herðubreiðarfjöll and the Gjáfjöll to the right.

We set up a very windy camp during the sunrise

Noon of next day: The view down from Windberg. The small green dot is our tent.

Crawling vegetation, the only way to survive here

We passed unnamed hills below a crescent moon on the way to one of the summits of the Hrúthálsar

Midnight sun from 1000 metres above the sea (Hrúthálsar)

The view towards Útbrunahraun, the endless expanse of recent lava fields

Remoteness, a description used often today to characterise the icelandic highlands. Unfortunately such places are getting scarce. But there are still havens for the seekers, only accessable by long and exhausting walks over trackless terrain with chaotic lava, snow fields and open fissures...

Route: Gjáfjöll - Herðubreiðarfjöll - Hrúthálsar - Sveinagjá - Hvammfjöll

<- 1/4 Fjallagjá

3/4 Hvammfjöll ->

Remoteness

Gjáfjöll / Herðubreiðarfjöll / Hrúthálsar

June 2016: 2/4

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