{"id":3188,"date":"2022-03-15T22:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T22:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fossavatn.is\/?page_id=3188"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:50:05","slug":"fossavatnsgangan-125-km","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fossavatn.is\/en\/fossavatnsgangan-125-km\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossavatnsgangan 12,5 km"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Date<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
April 18, 2026<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Startup<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
09:15\u201310:00<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Style<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Classic<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Age limit<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
10 years and younger accompanied<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Transponder timing<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Backpack requirement<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
No<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Time limit<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In a nutshell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The walk starts with a short loop around the start\/finish area, but then takes over a kilometer or so with a rather strenuous climb up to H\u00e1ubr\u00fan. It pays to go slowly there, especially for the uninitiated. After this climb, there is a fun track that goes over Eir\u00edksm\u00fdri and then continues a little higher up to Skar\u00f0sengi before taking the flow down to the finish area. If you are not used to it, be careful in the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no drinking stations on the way. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Map of the course. Interactive map.<\/a> Note that the course has been changed from what it was when the pencil drawing of the courses shown elsewhere on this page was made. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Course description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You start from the ski house at Seljalandsdalur like all the other distances. The first kilometer is an easy loop around the start area, but the next kilometer is mostly a steep and difficult climb up to H\u00e1abr\u00fan, one of the most picturesque points of the course. The view from there over the fjord Skutulsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is stunning and ideal to take a photo or two if you\u00b4re not too much in a hurry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the climb is over for now and we can really enjoy what lies ahead. We walk under the Sandfellslift and continue for about 2 km and then turn right at a junction and follow the foot of Sandfell until we reach a large plain called Eir\u00edksm\u00fdri. There we take a few loops until we climb up to Skar\u00f0sengi, where the main cross-country ski area of \u00cdsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur was located in years past. After walking a little around Skar\u00f0sengi\u00f0 we come along and at Sandfell into the same track that competitors in the 50 km and 25 km cross-country use for their final sprint. We then follow that track down to the finish area and all the way over the line. Unexperienced people should be careful in the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Start<\/td>290 a.s.l.<\/td><\/tr>
Highest point (Mi\u00f0fellsh\u00e1ls)<\/td>420 mys<\/td><\/tr>
Longest climb<\/td>60 m<\/td><\/tr>
Total climb<\/td>205 m<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Suitable for beginners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Transponder timing: <\/strong>Competition starts at 09:00 but the finish line is open until 09:30. Time does not start counting until you start according to timing chip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No backpack duty: <\/strong>It is not mandatory to carry a backpack as in the longer tunnels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No time limit: <\/strong>There is no specific maximum time for the walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children aged 10 and under must be accompanied by someone older. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bus trips up and down<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We don't have enough space for private cars at the start, so we provide buses back and forth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further information here. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Clothes bags<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You can leave your clothes in the start area in a bag similar to this we sell<\/a> . The bags are kept outside, so make sure they are weather proof. You get a number to mark the bag with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cake buffet and prize ceremony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A delicious coffee buffet will take place in the Torfnesi gymnasium from 15:00-17:00 on Saturday. The buffet is included in the participation fee in Fossavatnsskoutin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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