Trail magazine in Iceland’s “Fierce New World”

In July 2014 KE Adventure invited Trail onto their 8-day “Iceland Three Peaks” trip. Being the lucky one chosen to represent the magazine, I quickly packed a waterproof SLR and got ready to explore one of the most fascinating places a sub-3hr flight can take you from the UK.

Without spoiling the full article (see below), what you get is a superb itinerary which takes in some of the most distinctive landscapes the island has to offer. Volcanic summits, geysers, hot springs, vast glaciers and banded hills of rhyolite are all seamlessly squeezed into an intense week of adventurous travel.

Here’s how one our three summits went…

“…next on the agenda, with plenty of stops for fresh waterfalls and geysers naturally, is 1491m Hekla. We base ourselves at a nearby mountain hostel that’s as isolated as they come but comprehensively equipped with every luxury from lighting to hot water, and gaze out over the plains at the mountain. It is clearly volcanic – broad, gently sloped, snow-covered and dramatically peaked.