Lake Hraunvatn
Lake Hraunvatn
Duration: 45 minutes, each way. Difficulty: steady ascent and descent of around 200m. Interest: glaciated mountains and a beautiful lake. Start/End: from road 1, about 35km from Akureyri, just west of the farm Hraun turn down a track to the farm Háls and park there.
The trail starts to the right of the farm, through a gate and then follows the line of the fence uphill. It is a steady climb, to begin with, then the gradient eases as you cross the grassed-over hillocks of a massive landslip that blocked the course of the river forming the lake.
You can continue around the east shore of the lake for a short way, before returning by the same route to your car.