Vígtönnin

Vígtönnin (The Fang) was first climbed 24th February 2002 by Páll Sveinsson, Þorvaldur Þórsson and Einar Sigurðsson. A very beautiful route indeed. This route is the route furthest to the left of the climbing area at Núpsstaður. It is possible that sometime another standing pillar will form few meters to the left of this route. We parked our car at the bus parking at Núpsstaður, and it took us about 15 minutes to walk up to the route. It is in the shadow all the afternoon so the sun was no problem in this freestanding pillar with lot of overhanging icicles around. I definitely recommend this route if you like to climb in a beautiful place.

Páll Sveinsson leading Vígtönnin

Nafn Leiðar:	Vígtönnin (The Fang)
Gráða og lengd:	5 gr ís. 40m
Dags. fyrstu ferðar	24. feb. 2002
Klifrarar:	Þorvaldur Þórsson og Einar Sigurðsson
Svæði:	Núpsstaður.
Staðsetning:	200 m. ofan Núpsstað. Svæðið lengst til vinstri. http://frontpage.simnet.is/coastmountains/nupsstadur.htm
Lýsing:	http://frontpage.simnet.is/coastmountains/nupsstadur.htm Leiðin verður sennilega aldrei léttari en í þessum aðstæðum. Virkilega brött og skemtileg leið. Vígtönnin (The Fang) was first climbed 24th February 2002 by Páll Sveinsson, Þorvaldur Þórsson and Einar Sigurðsson. A very beautiful route indeed. This route is the route furthest to the left of the climbing area at Núpsstaður. It is possible that sometime another standing pillar will form few meters to the left of this route. We parked our car at the bus parking at Núpsstaður, and it took us about 15 minutes to walk up to the route. It is in the shadow all the afternoon so the sun was no problem in this freestanding pillar with lot of overhanging icicles around. I definitely recommend this route if you like to climb in a beautiful place.
Skráð af:	Páll Sveinsson

Vígtönnin (The Fang)

5 gr ís. 40m

24. feb. 2002

Þorvaldur Þórsson og Einar Sigurðsson

Núpsstaður.

200 m. ofan Núpsstað. Svæðið lengst til vinstri. http://frontpage.simnet.is/coastmountains/nupsstadur.htm

http://frontpage.simnet.is/coastmountains/nupsstadur.htm Leiðin verður sennilega aldrei léttari en í þessum aðstæðum. Virkilega brött og skemtileg leið. Vígtönnin (The Fang) was first climbed 24th February 2002 by Páll Sveinsson, Þorvaldur Þórsson and Einar Sigurðsson. A very beautiful route indeed. This route is the route furthest to the left of the climbing area at Núpsstaður. It is possible that sometime another standing pillar will form few meters to the left of this route. We parked our car at the bus parking at Núpsstaður, and it took us about 15 minutes to walk up to the route. It is in the shadow all the afternoon so the sun was no problem in this freestanding pillar with lot of overhanging icicles around. I definitely recommend this route if you like to climb in a beautiful place.

Páll Sveinsson

H fyrir latur

	Route name/ Nafn leiðar	H fyrir latur
	Grade and length/ Gráða og lengd	45m, 4+
	Date of first accent/ Dagsetning	30.12.2001
	Climbers/ Klifrarar	Einar og Ívar
	Location/ Svæði	Núpsstaðagil
	Location/ Staðsetning	Leiðin lengst til hægri, austast/nyrst af augljósu íslínunum í gilinu
	Description/ Lýsing leiðar	Ís!!!
	Reported by/ Skráð af	ivarfinn@ti.is

Flott lína

The most obvious route to climb was "Flott lína" approx. 800m east of the farm. There are two obvious lines there with about 100 meters between them and Flott lína is the route on the right side. There are more unclimbed lines around.

Route name/ Nafn leiðar	Flott lína
Grade and length/ Gráða og lengd	100m, 5 gr.
Date of first accent/ Dagsetning	30.12.2001
Climbers/ Klifrarar	Einar, Ívar og Hjalti
Location/ Svæði	Núpshlíð
Location/ Staðsetning	Austari(innri) leiðin af tveimur stórum sem snúa til móts við Lómagnúp.
Description/ Lýsing leiðar	Ein 50m spönn í byrjun (4+), stallur og svo stutt 5. gr. spönn ca. 30m. Eftir stall kemur síðasta spönnin sem er einnig fimmta gráða en einungis um 20m.
Reported by/ Skráð af	ivarfinn

Nafn Leiðar:	Flott lína
Gráða og lengd:	100m, 5 gr.
Dags. fyrstu ferðar	30. des. 2001
Klifrarar:	Einar, Ívar og Hjalti
Svæði:	Núpshlíð
Staðsetning:	Austari(innri) leiðin af tveimur stórum sem snúa til móts við Lómagnúp.
Lýsing:	Ein 50m spönn í byrjun (4+), stallur og svo stutt 5. gr. spönn ca. 30m. Eftir stall kemur síðasta spönnin sem er einnig fimmta gráða en einungis um 20m.
Skráð af:	Ívar F. Finnbogason

Nafn Leiðar:	H fyrir latur
Gráða og lengd:	45m, 4+
Dags. fyrstu ferðar	30. des. 2001
Klifrarar:	Einar og Ívar
Svæði:	Núpsstaðagil
Staðsetning:	Leiðin lengst til hægri, austast/nyrst af augljósu íslínunum í gilinu
Lýsing:	Ís??
Skráð af:	Ívar F. Finnbogason

Núpsstaður is the first farm to the west from Öræfi, on the west side of Skeiðarársandur and Lómagnúpur. On 30th December 2001, Ívar, Hjalti and myself where the first to put up ice climbing routes in this area. We climbed two routes that day.

Flott lína is the route a little to the left of the middle of the picture

Vígtönnin

Páll Sveinsson leading Vígtönnin

H fyrir latur

Flott lína

Last edited: 13.01.2010