The route
Laugavegur
52.5 km, 1,486 m of climbing and an obsidian plateau at 1,038 m, from Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 52.5 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,486 m
- Highest point
- 1,038 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 16
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
Laugavegurinn means "the hot springs road": this Icelandic Highlands trail leaves Landmannalaugar at 582 m and reaches Þórsmörk at 301 m, 52.5 km later. The tally: 1,486 m of ascent, 1,766 m of descent, from a hot-spring camp to the birch woods of the valley.
The slope starts at once: 367 m are gained before km 5.2, Brennisteinsalda shows up near km 3, then the path reaches the Hrafntinnusker plateau, its high point, 1,038 m at km 9.7. After that everything steps back down, as far as Lake Álftavatn, 612 m, near km 21.
Past Hvanngil, around km 25, the ground flattens out on the black sands of Emstrur, at km 37, 537 m, before one last long slide toward the valley. Þórsmörk closes the crossing at km 52.5, at 301 m.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the Laugavegur, from Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk, takes shape in contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your name and your dates sit in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek