Skaftafell National Park

Skaftafell National Park is located on the SE corner of Iceland	Skaršatindur (1365m), Skaftafell glacier	Skaftafell National Park, Iceland	Skaftafell is about half-way between Höfn and Vķk
Žjóšgaršur Skaftafell	Skaftafell National Park Visitor's Center	Map of Skaftafell National Park	Overview of Skaftafell at the visitor's center
Relief model of Skaftafell and the Sandur	Looking west to Skeišarįrjökull	The stream along the start of the Skaftafellsheiši loop trail has lots of small waterfalls	Skaftafell National Park
Skaftafell National Park small waterfall	Harebell Flower	Kristķnartindar (1126m) the destination of my 6 hour hike	The lower part of the Skaftafellsheiši loop to Kristķnartindar is a gentle climb
Kristķnartindar	View of the glacial runoff channels crossing the Sandur to the sea	The Skaftafell glacier comes into view about 40 minutes into the hike	Hiker with the Skaftafellsjökull, a small glacier descending from the massive Vatnajökull Icecap
Sjónarnķpa viewpoint, Skaftafell National Park	Sjónarnķpa viewpoint	Detail of the crevasses of the Skaftafellsjökull	Skaftafell glacier (Skaftafellsjökull)
Skaršatindur (1365m), the highest point in Skaftafell National Park	Skaftafell glacier (Skaftafellsjökull)	Skaftafell glacier (Skaftafellsjökull)	Žjóšgaršur Skaftafell
Skaftafell National Park	Stone cairn along the Skaftafellsheiši loop hiking trail, Skaftafell Nationanl Park	Looking down on the glacier	A high peak east of the national park
Skaftafell glacier's blueish ice	The foot of the Skaftafell glacier	Skaftafell glacier (Skaftafellsjökull)	Skaftafellsheiši loop
Caterpillar, Iceland	Skaftafell National Park	The higher part of the trail gets more difficult	Alpine lichens and mosses
Plants at the upper levels of Skaftafell National Park	Stone marker at an upper viewpoint overlooking the Skaftafell glacier	Stone marker at an upper viewpoint overlooking the Skaftafell glacier	Skaftafell glacier (Skaftafellsjökull)
Skaftafell glacier (Skaftafellsjökull)	As the trail climbs, the terrain gets more rugged	Skaftafell National Park	Skaftafell National Park
Skaftafell National Park	Moss Campion flowers, Iceland	Looking over a cliff at the Skaftafell glacier	Glįma Overlook
IcelandAug06 1375.jpg	From this point it's 2.7 km back to Sjónarnķpa	From Glįma the trail gets steep	Upper levels of the Skaftafellsheiši loop to Kristķnartindar
Skaftafell National Park	High peaks of Skaftafell National Park	An easier loop than this connects to the return trail from Glįma	Skaftafell National Park
Skaftafell National Park	Skaftafell National Park	Hikers at the junction at the top of the Skaftafellsheiši loop - from here there's a spur trail to the summit of Kristinartindar	Looking down on the summit of the Nyršrihnaukur (706m) - the return loop trail is along the ridge to the right
The final 30 minute ascent to Kristķnartindar's summit (1126m)	Among the peaks	Nearing the top	Lichens, Iceland
Skaftafell glacier	Looking back down at the Glamį overlook point	Kristianartindur	Summit of Kristķnartindar (1126m) Skaftafell National Park
View of Skaftafellsjökull from summit of Kristķnartindar	View of Skaftafellsjökull from summit of Kristķnartindar	Stone cairn at the summit of Kristķnartindar (1126m)	The Morsįrdalur through the clouds
Glama point, Skaftafell	The summit was in and out of clouds obscuring the view of Morsar glacier	Morsįrjökull glacier	Glacial lake at the base of Morsįrjökull
Morsįrjökull	Morsįrjökull flows over a cliff	Morsįrjökull	Morsįrjökull from the summit of Kristinartindar
Morsįrjökull from the summit of Kristinartindar	Hikers at the summit of Kristķnartindar	Morsįrjökull, Skaftafell National Park	Heading down the trail from the summit
Morsįrdalur valley	Back on the Skaftafellsheiši loop trail (counterclockwise)	Sandur	The clouds scraping the summit of Kristinartindar
Morsįrjökull from the return loop of the Skaftafellsheiši trail	Skaftafellsheiši	Summit of Kristinartindar in the clouds	Trail marker/sundial
Return trail via Svartfoss	Svartfoss (Black falls)	Svartfoss flowing over volcanic basalt cliffs, Skaftafell National Park	Svartfoss flowing over volcanic basalt cliffs, Skaftafell National Park
The next valley east of Skaftafell, the Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull is very easily accessible	Svķnafellsjökull has guided glacier hikes with crampons and ice axes	Svķnafellsjökull
Svķnafellsjökull blue-tinted glacial ice	Hikers on the edge of Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull
Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull
Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull	Svķnafellsjökull seen from the Ring Road