Description
Summary
Description
Hike up Snaefellsjokull Glacier, one of the most famous glaciers in Iceland, on this guided glacier hike on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. It's a good choice if you want to try glacier hiking with few other people around.
Snaefellsjokull Glacier caps a 700,000-year-old stratovolcano at the western tip of the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland. At 4,744 feet (1,446 meters), it's the highest mountain on the peninsula, and on clear days, you can see it from Reykjavik, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) away. The mountain is also known as the setting of Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the area around it is a national park.
You make your own way to Arnarstapi Village, where you meet your guide at the Arnarstapi Center. At the parking lot, your guide makes sure you have the right gear for the hike.
The approach to the edge of the glacier takes 40 to 60 minutes. There, you put on your glacier gear.
You then hike up the glacier. The route covers about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) in total and climbs about 3,117 feet (950 meters).
Groups usually stop at 4,652 feet (1,418 meters). You can continue to the true summit at 4,744 feet (1,446 meters), but the final stretch is a steep slope on a peak of rock and ice.
You have a lunch break at the top and can enjoy the view over the peninsula on a clear day. After lunch, you descend back to the car.
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