Salomon Hengill Ultra-Trail © 2024

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For travel packages contact Nonni Travel nonnitravel.is The 26K kicks off right in the heart of Hveragerdi on Breidumork street just outside the town hall. Runners head out past the local skyr factory wind through the botanical garden and then climb into the river gorge following the Varma river. You will cruise past the Frosti og Funa guesthouse grind up a short hill cross the road and head towards the forested hillside known as Hamars. From there you are on singletrack cutting through the woods along the south side of Hamarinn and then it is up onto a lava edge. You will come out onto the old Kambavegur trail just below the Hrauntunga summer cabins. That old track leads to a bridle path that runs north tracing a line over Hamarinn parallel to the main road. Next the bridle path drops you into a valley heading toward the Hamarsholl area until you hit a footpath that leads to a small car park near Varma and Dalakaffi at the back of the valley. From there you pick up a marked route that climbs up Rjupnabrekkur into the Reykjadalur Valley. The route then hugs a hot stream and ascends Klambragil cutting into trail toward Olkelduhals where you will find a hydration station. After refueling it is back the same way retracing your steps down the valley and back to the finish line in Breidumork where the adventure began. This course has steep climbs flowing descents rugged terrain and fast changing weather. Come prepared for anything. Elevation gain 630m. Elevation loss 630m. For travel packages contact Nonni Travel.