#72 of 300 · Vatnajökull National Park (Skaftafell)
Skaftafell: Svartifoss and Kristínartindar
IcelandHornafjörður
IcelandA loop from the Skaftafell visitor centre past Svartifoss, a waterfall framed by black basalt columns, over the Skaftafellsheiði moor to the rhyolite ridge of Kristínartindar (1,126 m), high above the Skaftafellsjökull and Morsárjökull glaciers.
- Distance
- 18 km
- Loop
- Ascent
- 1,100 m
- High point 1,126 m
- Time
- 7 h
- Day hike
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Big ascent or length, rough ground, some exposure or remoteness.
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- When the route is usually in condition
- Start
- Skaftafell visitor centre
- Vatnajökull National Park (Skaftafell)
Route
- Skaftafell visitor centre
- Svartifoss
- Kristínartindar
- Skaftafell visitor centre
Wildlife along the route
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