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It looks like I will need to cancel my trip to kalymnos in late April due to an ongoing injury which is aggravated by climbing. Friend suggested we change our easyjet flights from Glasgow to another destination and go walking instead. We can get flights from Edinburgh to iceland. But we know nothing about iceland. Is walking feasible in the mountains by late april? Where would you base yourself? Is there public transport in april? Any info appreciated.  THanks

Get a copy of Walking and Trekking in Iceland by Paddy Dillon from Cicerone. And take plenty of money, Iceland isn't cheap (most expensive beer in Europe). Useful webcams at https://www.livefromiceland.is/

Weather in April can vary between warm and wet and cold and very snowy. North-east tends to be colder but with more settled weather. Icelandic weather, earthquakes and eruptions in English: http://en.vedur.is/#tab=spa

Topic news site: http://icelandreview.com/news

Most mountain roads won't be open until June and they'll close again in September, so summer in the Highlands is pretty short, as is the period when the interior is accessible by (expensive) public transport. http://www.road.is/travel-info/condition-and-opening-of-mountain-roads/

However, there's plenty of good walking to be done outside the months that the Highlands are accessble. It just takes a bit of imagination and planning - which is a decent proportion of the fun of a trip to Iceland.

Prepare for Scottish winter conditions and you'll have a good time, though you could get (un!)lucky: this week it's been warmer in Reykjavik than the UK. As phizz4 says, the Paddy Dillon book is a useful starting point.

There will still be lots of snow on the hills in late April: it's prime ski-touring season in the North! 

There is some very good mountain walking in the Akureyri area, easily accessible from the roadside for day trips. You would probably want to have snowshoes if you are not on skis! 

This is another useful book: https://www.forlagid.is/vara/summit-100-mountain-hikes/ but the Akureyri area is generally poorly documented - it's really just a case of getting hold of the maps, and eyeballing the terrain. Good adventurous fun. 

Absolutely - and for the Akureyri area, I saw some 1:25K and 1:50K maps in the main bookshop there (?Eymundsson) that I'd not seen anywhere else, including online.