The balcony above an old caldera

Fjárhólar, Eystraskarð, Mt. Kollur

Fjárhólar, Eystraskarð, Kollur, Norðurfjöll, Dyngjufjöll, Askja, Einstæðingur, Axlarfell, Ódáðahraun, Panorama, Odadahraun, Iceland, Island, Trekking — Panorama of the northeastern Dyngjufjöll from the Fjárhólar, the snowy and rounded hill to the left is Kollur.

A visit to a seldomly visited area of the Dyngjufjöll: Fjárhólar, a pass called Eystraskarð and the rounded mountain Kollur which is the second highest point of the Norðurfjöll. The Norðurfjöll rise steep in a tectonic fault from the lava plains of Útbruni and Fjárhólar. A very good vantage point above the lava fields of the central Ódáðahraun and into the oldest of the three intricated calderas of the Dyngjufjöll, also the least well known due to its inaccessability. The Kollur caldera presented itself completely filled with snow, impossible to see any interesting features...

A broken blanket of lava

Nocturnal twilight

Icelandic Jardinière

Mirror

A little sphere

Disappearing fog

One of a thounsand details of the desert

Kollóttadyngja, Bræðrafell and Eggert

Vegetation sheltered in a small gully

Repeatedly fog arrived and disappeared again...

... giving room for spotlights

Little Tuya

Alone I plodded through deep snow in the oldest caldera of Askja (named Kollur) towards the isolated Mount Kollur.

Winter?

In the other direction the wintery Askja caldera and a tiny airplane in front of the steep and steaming wall of Þorvaldstindur

The oldest caldera that it visible nowadays: Kollur.

Route: Fjárhólar - Eystraskarð - Oldest (known) Dyngjufjöll Caldera - Kollur

Eystraskarð, Dyngjufjöll, Tent, Hilleberg, Soulo, Unna, Zelt, Island, Trekking, Hiking, Iceland, Askja, Odadahraun, òdáðahraun, camping — Our tents on the dark and barren Eystraskarð

Eystraskarð, Dyngjufjöll, Island, Trekking, Hiking, Iceland, Askja, Odadahraun, òdáðahraun, Kerlingardyngja, Sighvatur, Kollóttadyngja, Herðubreið, Herdubreid, Bræðraskarð, Bræðrafell, Dyngjuháls, Kollur, Eggert — View from Kollur, the balcony over the Ódáðahraun plains

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