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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 12–12 °C (54–54 °F)
- J-2°-7°97
- F-2°-6°74
- M-1°-6°81
- A1°-3°53
- M4°0°50
- J9°4°45
- J12°7°62
- A12°7°83
- S7°3°114
- O2°-2°139
- N0°-5°108
- D-2°-6°96
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Kinnarfjoll (Northern Iceland Ranges › North Atlantic Ocean; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km N of Akureyri (Akureyrarkaupstaður, Northeast) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Northeastern
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- SCMT_ISL01
- Route centre
- 65.8868, -18.0568
- Route start
- 65.8766, -18.0448
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14676341
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.