Reach The Top With 66°North

66°North and Icelandic Mountain Guides offer an extensive and realistical training plan that should make it possible for most people to reach the highest summit of Iceland, Hvannadalshnukur in southern Vatnajökull glacier (height 2110 m or 6920 feet). The workshop is not only based on hiking but also on lectures about various factors one must consider when climbing mountains and glaciers.  Throughout the years, Icelandic Mountain Guides have been leaders in offering hiking tours on Hvannadalshnukur and other Icelandic mountains. The company has years of experience on how to reach the goal – the mountain top – each time.

66°North has been a market leader in developing and making outdoor clothes necessary for those who want to climb mountains and enjoy outdoor activities in any weather conditions. The participants in “Reach The Top With 66°North” receive a participant’s identification card which gives them a 25% discount on 66°North outdoors clothes in the company’s shops of during the training workshop.

Below is the program which is organized so that almost anyone can handle participating. The price of the workshop is ISK 29,900. For those who don’t think they need an intensive training program, then it’s ideal to participate in the hiking on the mountains of their choice. The price of hiking on one mountain is ISK 4,900, except for the climb on Hvannadalshnjukur which costs ISK 12,500. In order to participate in the climb of Hvannadalshnjukur, then it is necessary to have climbed at least two of the other mountains on the list below.

Date	Event
February 6th	Introduction: The program and training. The hiking tours introduced.
February 9th	Hiking on Mt. Esja (up to the spot of “Steinn”)
February 13th	Wednesday training with 66°North in Reykjavik
February 20th	Wednesday training with 66°North in Reykjavik
February 27th	Lecture: Clothing and nutrition. Hiking tours introduced.
March 1st	Mountain tour: To the top of Mt. Skardsheidi
March 5th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
March 12th	Wednesday training with 66°North in Reykjavik
March 26th	Wednesday training with 66°North in Reykjavik
March 29th	Mountain tour: To the top of Mt. Hekla
April 2nd	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Vifilsfell
April 9th	Lecture: Touring on glaciers, equipment and techniques. Hiking tours introduced.
April 12th	Mountain tour: To the top of Eyjafjallajokull Glacier.
April 16th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
April 23rd	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
April 30th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
May 3rd	Mountain tour: To the top of Snaefellsjokull Glacier.
May 7th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Moskardshnukar
May 14th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
May 21st	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Hengill
May 28th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
May 31st	The final goal: Mt. Hvannadalshnukur, first group
June 4th	Wednesday training with 66°North; Mt. Esja
June 7th	The final goal: Mt. Hvannadalshnukur, second group

About 66°North

66°North Ltd. is among Iceland’s oldest manufacturing companies. It was established in the year 1926 and has throughout the decades been a leading producer and innovator in the making of working clothes used on sea and land, made for the toughest outdoors working conditions on the planet. In the past decade, 66°North has leveraged its expertise into a wide selection of outdoor clothing for sports and leisure. It has received numerous awards for its designs and marketing campaigns.

The company’s staff today numbers more than 300 people. It operates 9 shops in Iceland under the names of 66°North and Iceland Gift Store, as well as a shop in Latvia and two shops in Lithuania. Furthermore the 66°North brand is sold in retail stores in Europe and North America.

For further information about 66°North visit our international website, www.66north.com.

About Icelandic Mountain Guides

Icelandic Mountain Guides (IMG) offers Iceland hiking tours, mountaineering, trekking, climbing and more.
 
IMG believe that no vacation in Iceland would be complete without an experience of its beautiful and unspoilt nature. IMG therefore offers a wide variety of hiking tours that will give the visitor a direct and powerful experience of Iceland’s beautiful nature and landscapes.

IMG offers hiking tours from their corporate headquarters in Reykjavik year-round, and from their base camp located in the beautiful Skaftafell National Park, located in Southern Iceland at the foot of the Vatnajokull Glacier, from May – September.

For further information about Icelandic Mountain Guides visit the website, www.mountainguide.is.

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