Iceland N-S Traverse (Iceland)

Iceland

Distance

516.9 km

Meredith Quinlan submitted this route:

The route starts at the Northern-most Lighthouse Hraunhafnartangi, which is metres off the Northern-most point in Iceland and travels through the wilderness finishing down at the Southern-most Light house, Dyrhólaey, also metres from the Southern-most point in Iceland. Its length measures as 557.3km

GPS Track

ICELAND FINAL COMBINED.gpx712.23 KB

FKTs

Female

Self-supported
Meredith Quinlan, Jess Baker			7d 13h 50m 0s	2018-07-01

Male

Unsupported
Christof Teuscher			8d 11h 4m 0s	2023-08-27
Eli Burakian			13d 2h 45m 0s	2022-08-21

Male

Supported
Glen Baddeley			10d 11h 26m 30s	2022-09-11

Comments

Incredible! Congratulations to you both on what must have been a truly epic adventure in some hectic conditions. The photos look awesome!

Hi Guys! What awesome adventure! I'm planning a trip to Iceland this July to attempt a solo, unsupported fastpack of this route, and would love to chat with you about the logistics, nameably glacial run-off crossings & resupply. Please reach out if you have a minute. Thanks! alisa.geiser@gmail.com

I will be attempting an unsupported solo traverse of Iceland starting Monday, August 8.

https://share.garmin.com/EliBurakian

Did the first unsupported in 2010. Also my route is shorter but harder as I avoided sealed roads as much as possible. Mostly off track.
https://iceland-trek.blogspot.com/2010/08/path-debrief.html
My point are the most extreme North and South. The lighthouse is not the furthest north.

Hello all, i will be attempting an unsuported traverse along the Quinlan Baker route, starting day will be the 7 or 8 of july

Going for an unsupported & solo FKT attempt on Sat, Aug 19, 2023. Tracking and more info at https://www.christofteuscher.com/aagaa/news-unsupported-375mi-iceland-traverse-fkt-attempt

Congrats to Christof for a new FKT crossing Iceland. Hear about his in our podcast :-)

/Torben

Route: Iceland N-S Traverse (Iceland)

FKTs

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