Hiking around the Western Snæfellsness, Part 1

We set out early from Hellissandur for a big day of hiking around the western end of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. This was our first long hike in Iceland, and we had planned a promising route through lava fields, to the rims of craters, past waterfalls and across glacial rivers. Well, “crossing glacial rivers” wasn’t actually something we mapped out; it was more a delightful surprise at the day’s end.

Saxhóll Crater

We had stayed the night at the comfortable Hotel Hellissandur, and gorged ourselv...