Hiking the terrifying mountain called THE HORN in Iceland

The Horn mountain is located west of Iceland, on the so-called Snæfellsnes Peninsula. This mountain fascinated me From the first drive from the airport to Grundarfjörður, where I worked. It truly looks just like its name suggests — like a Horn — and feels like a gateway to the Snæfellsnes region.

The problem with working in foreign countries is that you don't always have access to a car, and often it's hard to go anywhere. And when you finally do have a car, the weather is usually terrible — and so it goes, again and again. That’s why I saved this mountain for the very last weeks of my stay in Iceland when I finally had a bit more luck with the conditions.

An interesting thing is that the trail is only marked on maps up to halfway up the mountain, which surprised me a bit. But I thought — let’s give it a try and see what happens. The path starts at this parking lot.