January 24, 2009

Iceland, Day 6: Hrafntinnusker-Alftavatn




When I woke up, outside was all white with snow. I had to desperately hope that the trail wasn’t slippery with frozen snow, but it wasn’t at least snowing at the moment. When we headed out, the scenery was so breathtaking that after awhile there was no breath left in me. (That, and the trail became steep uphill.)
Climbing through snow-filled mountains was no problem, but a real challenge came when we met a river. It was supposed to be a small stream, no need for wading, but because of the snow/rain yesterday, it got bigger and finding a way to hop over it took quite some time.
Soon we could see the hut by a lake, but it was still far away, and it started to rain rather heavily. I think we practically ran to the hut once we hit the flat land.

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