Crag features

More information (in Icelandic) and route topos can be found at https://www.klifur.is/crag/munkathvera

Topos and route descriptions can also be found at https://www.klifur.is/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Munkinn.pdf however this does not include the routes in the new sector

The best climbing area around Akureyri in the north. Routes up to 15m. Generally good rock, with interesting features and some fun routes. Generally well bolted, most routes have a double hanger anchor, but it's easy to walk around and clean from above. The routes are in a river canyon and the river can be very loud. The first routes here were trad but around 1990 the first bolted lines were set up mostly by Páll Sveinsson, Björn Baldursson, Stefán Smárason og Árni G Reynisson.

Routes are listed from left (west) to right (east).

Please note that although Iceland uses the USA 5. grading system, the grades are not comparable, especially in the lower grades up to around 5.10-11 ish. Usually routes below this are several grades harder than the given grade.