Hvannalindir

Please note that this is a very remote, uninhabited region with no facilities.

Hvannalindir - Kreppuhryggur - Krepputhröng

A secondary track branches off the Kverkfjöll track in Hvannalindir and leads south-east to a parking area at the north end of the Kreppuhryggur ridge. A short walk onto the ridge will be rewarded with spectacular views over Hvannalindir and to the south-east over Lindahraun to the Kverkfjöll Mountains. The River Kreppa churns through a narrow channel a short distance to the east.

Hvannalindir - outlaws' ruins - Lindakeilir

It is only a short distance from the car park at the end of Kreppuhryggur ridge to the northern edge of the Lindahraun lava field. East of the River Lindaá, at the edge of the lava, lie the ruins of an outlaws' camp. A walk of approximately 2 km walk leads from the ruins, west along the edge of the lava field, over gravel dunes and Lindakvísl, to Lindakeilir, an isolated, cone-shaped tuff hill close to the road, south-west of the vegetated area.

Hvannalindir - Lindaá - Krikatjörn

A longer hike leads from the ruins in Hvannalindir, along the River Lindaá and the edge of the Lindahraun lava field then south to the mountain tarn Krikatjörn or to Sjónarhæd where the track to Hveragil passes by.

Lindafjöll - Rifnihnjúkur - Upptyppingar

The track from Sigurdarskáli Cabin to the bridge over the River Jökulsá á Fjöllum, south of Upptyppingar, crosses the Krepputunguhraun lava field, turns west at the foot of the Lindafjöll Mountains and then north-east past sand dunes and Rifnahnjúkur (780 m), a 100 m high fell consisting of pillow lava topped with a tuff cap. It is deeply scored with fissures and faults.