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faster, so the climbing season is becoming shorter. Although trips may theoretically be
possible through the summer, after June conditions may force companies to hire extra
guides per group, raising the prices considerably (or the season will simply end - in 2014,
the latest ascent of Hvannadalshnúkur happened in June). Check websites for more details.
Tours
Icelandic Mountain Guides, Glacier Guides and Local Guide (all based in and around
Skaftafell) offer ascents of Hvannadalshnúkur; briefings are held the night before. Prices
listed are from 2014.
Local Guide
ADVENTURE TOUR
(Öræfaferðir; 894 0894;
www.localguide.is
)
Einar, the company owner, holds the world record for ascents of Hvannadalshnúkur (more
than 270!). He offers a ski-mountaineering ascent from March to May; price depends on
the number of participants (two people costs Ikr45,000 per person).
Icelandic Mountain Guides
ADVENTURE TOUR
( Reykjavík office 587 9999, Skaftafell 894 2959;
www.mountainguide.is
)
A guided 12- to 15-hour ascent costs from Ikr34,900 per person (minimum two people),
including transport and equipment. Trips run three times a week April to mid-August (con-
ditions permitting). Book in advance, and allow yourself extra days in case the weather
causes a cancellation.
Glacier Guides
ADVENTURE TOUR
( Reykjavík office 571 2100, Skaftafell 659 7000;
www.glacierguides.is
)
Ascent costs Ikr31,990, with a minimum two people, and run on demand from mid-May to
August (conditions permitting).
Hof
At Hof there's a storybook wood-and-peat
church
, built on the foundations of a previous
14th-century building. It was reconstructed in 1884 and now sits pretty in a thicket of birch
and ash with flowers growing on the grassy roof.
