An engineer’s office in Reykjavík, VJI Consulting, has founded a company around plans to build an aerial lift system to transport passengers to the top of Mount Esja (914 m/2,999 ft.), the mountain that dominates the northern skyline from Reykjavík. Reykjavík City officials have received a planning application and a rental request for public land from the company, Esjuferðir (Esja Trips).
Esja is within 20 minutes by car or bus from the city center and is a very popular area for hikers. The view from the top towards the capital and Faxaflói bay is magnificent.
Constructions could begin this year, depending on when and whether the project gets the green light from Reykjavík City Council. It´s estimated it will take an estimated two years to complete.
The lift system will have three stations: The ground station which will be situated near the current car park by the mountain’s roots, an intermediate station on Rauðhóll hill and a terminal station on the mountain’s peak.
Should the lift system become a reality it is likely to transport a 150 thousand passengers annually. It will contain two cable cars that will move around thirty people at a time. The trip to the peak of Esja will take roughly five minutes.
Construction costs are estimated to be 3 billion Icelandic krónur (20 million EUR/ 22.9 million USD).
Read more: Take part in the toughest single stage race in Iceland, the Mt. Esja Ultra
This story was updated on 23 June, 2015.
An engineer’s office in Reykjavík, VJI Consulting, has founded a company around plans to build an aerial lift system to transport passengers to the top of Mount Esja (914 m/2,999 ft.), the mountain that dominates the northern skyline from Reykjavík. Reykjavík City officials have received a planning application and a rental request for public land from the company, Esjuferðir (Esja Trips).
Esja is within 20 minutes by car or bus from the city center and is a very popular area for hikers. The view from the top towards the capital and Faxaflói bay is magnificent.
Constructions could begin this year, depending on when and whether the project gets the green light from Reykjavík City Council. It´s estimated it will take an estimated two years to complete.
The lift system will have three stations: The ground station which will be situated near the current car park by the mountain’s roots, an intermediate station on Rauðhóll hill and a terminal station on the mountain’s peak.
Should the lift system become a reality it is likely to transport a 150 thousand passengers annually. It will contain two cable cars that will move around thirty people at a time. The trip to the peak of Esja will take roughly five minutes.
Construction costs are estimated to be 3 billion Icelandic krónur (20 million EUR/ 22.9 million USD).
Read more: Take part in the toughest single stage race in Iceland, the Mt. Esja Ultra
This story was updated on 23 June, 2015.
