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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 11–13 °C (52–55 °F)
- J-3°-9°60
- F-3°-9°57
- M-2°-7°60
- A1°-5°43
- M5°-1°45
- J11°4°52
- J13°7°68
- A12°6°84
- S7°2°85
- O1°-4°69
- N-2°-7°56
- D-3°-9°64
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
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mælifellshnjúkur (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern Iceland Ranges (North Atlantic Ocean; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 42 km S of Sauðárkrókur (Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður, Northwest) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Northwestern
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 65.3837, -19.3751
- Route start
- 65.3832, -19.4002
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16534891
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.