Notes from the canyon

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Trail notes, season reports and honest advice from the people who look after Múlagljúfur.

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What the trail is actually like underfoot

Reviews call it moderate, which is true and not very useful. Here is the surface, section by section, so you know whether your boots and your knees are up for it.

14 August 2026 · 6 min read

3:2 — midnight sun on the
east wall, late June

Photography

Shooting Hangandifoss in the midnight sun

When the light reaches the east wall, which lens actually fits the drop, and why the best hour in June is close to midnight.

2 August 2026 · 8 min read

3:2 — the new gravel lot
with Öræfajökull above

Practical

Why there is now a parking fee

What the fee pays for, what it does not, and what is coming next at the trailhead. Written by the people spending it.

21 July 2026 · 4 min read

3:2 — fulmar on a ledge
nest, chick visible

Seasons

Nesting season: what the birds need from you

Fulmars hold these cliffs from May into August. Small changes in how you walk and where you point a camera make the difference.

9 July 2026 · 5 min read

3:2 — moss detail with
a boot print beside it

Trail notes

A boot print lasts longer than you do here

Why the moss takes decades to recover, and how the braided paths on the first hill got there in three summers.

18 June 2026 · 5 min read

3:2 — creek crossing
in spring melt

Seasons

May report: high water at the crossings

Where the streams are running this spring, which rocks have moved, and when we expect the trail to dry out.

27 May 2026 · 3 min read

3:2 — Fjallsárlón café
and lagoon behind

The area

One day, both lagoons and the canyon

The order that works, the hour to avoid at Jökulsárlón, and where to eat when nothing is open at the trailhead.

3 June 2026 · 7 min read

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