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Sólheimajökull Glacier Hike & Ice Climbing
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- Experience the true nature of Sólheimajökull glacier
- Enjoy the south coast of Iceland and see Skógarfoss and Seljalandsfoss waterfalls
- Glacier gear, crampons, ice axe , ropes , carabiners, glacier guide included
Tour departs from
Sólheimajökulsvegur
Duration
4 hours
Pick up / meeting point
Sòlheimajökull parking ,Sòlheimajökull vik ,Vìk,221,IS
Languages
English
Difficulty
2 (Easy)
Minimum age
5 years old
Overview
Explore one of the best places to try out ice climbing in Iceland on a day trip from Reykjavik.
What's included?
Glacier gear
Crampons
Ice axe
Ropes
Carabiners
Glacier guide
Transport
Waterproof Jacket or Trousers
Hat or Gloves
Food or Drink
Warm clothes:
Rain gear, pants and jacket
Down or primaloft jacket (can be nice on lunch brake)
Good hiking shoes
Hat and gloves
20-30L backpack
Food and water for the day
Sunglasses
You can rent some of this gear from us if you don‘t have it.
What to expect?
Begin at the Sólheimajökull parking lot where you are provided with the glacier gear required for the trip. Then undertake a 15-minute hike on a gravel road to the base of Sólheimajökull. At the base, you will be shown how to put on and use the gear. Once on the glacier, you climb on an easy ice wall to learn the basic skills and techniques of ice climbing. After that, you will try to climb in three different locations on the glacier, either at a nice wall or a hole (called a mulan) that you can get into and climb back up.Sólheimajökull is a small outlet glacier coming from the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. This is one of the closest glaciers to Reykjavík and takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes to drive there. Mýrdalsjökull, the mire valley glacier, is an ice cap in the south of Iceland. It is to the north of Vík and to the east of the smaller ice cap Eyjafjallajökull. Between these two glaciers is Fimmvörðuháls pass. Its peak reaches 1,493 meters (4,898 foot) and in 1980 it covered an area of 595 kilometers squared (230 square miles). The icecap of the glacier covers an active volcano called Katla. The caldera of the volcano has a diameter of 10 kilometers (6 miles) and the volcano erupts usually every 40 to 80 years. The last eruption took place in 1918. Scientists are actively monitoring the volcano, particularly after the eruption of nearby Eyjafjallajökull began in April 2010.
Note: Pick-up starts 30 minute(s) before departure. We offer pick-up to the following places for this experience:
BSÍ Bus Terminal
Bus stop 1 - Ráðhúsið -City Hall
Bus stop 10 - Hlemmur
Bus stop 11 - Austurbær
Bus stop 12 - Höfðatorg
Bus stop 2 - Tjörnin -The Pond
Bus stop 3 - Lækjargata
Bus stop 4 - Tryggvagata
Bus stop 5 - Harpa
Bus stop 6 - Safnahúsið -The Culture House
Bus stop 7 - Traðarkot
Bus stop 8 - Hallgrímskirkja
Bus stop 9 - Snorrabraut
Please note that the main meeting point is at the Sólheimajökull parking lot. The tour starts at 10:30 and finishes at 15:00 at the parking lot. So you need to get to Sólheimajparking Lotökull before 10:30 so we can spend 4 1/2 on the glacier ice climbing.
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What to bring
Warm Clothes
Rain jacket and pants
gloves
sunglasses
lunce
hat
Rain jacket and pants
gloves
sunglasses
lunce
hat