Mountaineering Activities and Tours

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Mountaineering is any activity that is done on mountainous terrain. Such as hiking, trekking, rock climbing, skiing, glacier travel and ice climbing. The list, of course, is longer but this is just a taste of what can be termed as mountaineering activities.

For the sake of clarity we will break down the term of mountaineering into two fields. The first, we will call mountaineering. By this, we mean that it’s more than a hike or trek. Ropes may be involved and more knowledge is needed to partake in the activity.

The second, we will call hiking, by which we mean simply hiking on any terrain where we are not wearing any technical equipment. Nor travelling over any hard technical ground or expecting any need for advanced systems to complete the tour.

We at Black Ridge Mountaineering love being in the mountains and love what we do. If it’s hiking or any other activity, we are on board. Let us help you if you have any questions about any of our tours or if you have any questions about general equipment that will be needed for these activities.

As we don’t provide personal clothing or boots it is best to contact us in regard to your needs. We are very happy to help you with all your questions.

Rock & Hike

As guides we enjoy being in nature and being active. It creates a felling of wellness like no other. As such we would like share this experience and invite you on this amazing trail of activities with us.

Rock’n Hike – one day activity

We will first engage with rock climbing and follow that by hiking to the second highest waterfall in Iceland. The contrast of activities will engage your mind, body, and spirit to end of the day.

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Laugavegur Trek

This is a truly outstanding adventure. It is a five day hike in the South West interior of Iceland. You will pass many different landscapes. This is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before …

Laugavegur Trek – five days hike

You will travel over multi-coloured rhyolite mountains, speckled with yellow and reds, plus blue mud around hot springs flowing out of the ground. Obsidian fields spread around, snow capped mountains, desert, river crossings to a beautiful lush green valley of birch wood forests. Walking along the paths where Sagas abound following in the footsteps of Viking heroes.

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Rock & Ice

Join us on a total climbing experience packed with activities and adventure. Feel the excitement of rock climbing, mountain hiking, ice climbing and hiking on a glacier.

If you are a novice to these activities, then this is perfect for you. We will introduce you to these sports and show you the ropes. Learn basics from the ground up. Your guide is there to keep you safe and informed.

Rock’n Ice – one day adventure

This is an activity packed day for you, we will start the day with rock-climbing and finish with ice-climbing on the 4th largest glacier in Iceland. You will learn so much and have such a fun filled day.

Even tough both activities are of a climbing nature, they are still very different activities. The approach to each is unique and your guide will introduce you to all aspect of each sport.

You will be shown how to put on and wear you harness, which is the same for both sports. Also, your helmet and how to tie into the rope and all other equipment needed. It’s not only that one is on rock and the other is on ice. The way you move is different and your guide will be there to answer any of the many questions you are sure to have.

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Rock’n Ice – two days adventure

On this tour you will be taken along the entire South coast of Iceland over a two-day period. You will visit some very well-known places along with lesser known but equally beautiful locations.

To start this adventure, we travel to Seljalandsfoss where we can walk behind the fall and view the water plunging into a large pool created by the years of water diving over the edge from above.

Then we travel to the outlet glacier of Solheimajökull. It is here that we will hike and climb the glacier ice. Travelling further East to Reynisjfara , we will see the basalt columns that have formed on the beach. After this amazing day we will be heading to the wonderful seaside town of Vik to have our evening meal and spend the night.

On our second day we will first drive to the glacier lagoon of Jökullsaron in the East of Iceland and have a food break there and you may take the opportunity to book a boat trip on the laggoon. Then we will visit the Diamond beach where you can walk among the broken icebergs. Now we are ready to go climbing in Hnappavellur, this is one of the main climbing crags in Iceland . Your guide will set up the routes and introduce you to rock climbing.

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