Route number 5 in overview picture.
One of the outermost routes, on the east side of the valley Litlasandsdalur, behind the mountain Þyrill.
The route is two full pitches when conditions are good. The first pitch is WI 4 (but can easily become stiffer in different conditions) and requires continuous climbing. Once you pull over the ledge there is a bit of a walk/crawl/climb to the next wall of ice. Somewhere on this section you will set up a belay (see topo). The next pitch starts out relatively steep, in the middle about WI 4 but WI 3+ on the sides. This pitch is a sequence of short vertical walls with and tops out on the mountain ridge.
Descent
On the climber’s right of “Liquid Nitrogen” (number 7) you will find a descent gully. In good snow this gully is a relatively nice way down. Another option is to rappel the original route on V-threads.
FA: Freyr Ingi Björnsson og Styrmir Steingrímsson, 2012, WI 4 – 55m og WI 3+ – 60m
Crag |
Hvalfjörður
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Sector |
Litlasandsdalur |
Type |
Ice Climbing |