If you are afraid of mountain driving, don’t recommend it, though 🙂 It even has a small unbridged stream. But it is simply irresponsible because there’s a high chance you’re gonna damage the car and nobody could come to rescue you. It’s also important to understand the difference between “impassable road”, “closed road” and “no winter service” roads, which we cover in our Icelandic Roads article. From the cabin, I did a day hike following the valley west and later south of Mount Snæfell and was rewarded with a great view of the valley east of the mountain.

Gígjökull track will (as its name suggests) take you to one of the glacier tongues – Gígjökull glacier tongue.There is a second river crossing also, but that one is located a little bit before the end of the road. Möðrudalsleið road, the first gravel road you’re gonna encounter when coming from Egilsstaðir direction What car do I need for Möðrudalsleið? Fjallabaksleið syðri is pretty long and can be divided into Western and Eastern parts (intersected by F261, Emstruleið, in the middle).

Austurleid is a secluded F-road with all of the characteristics of any other general F-road – not well paved, not well maintained, potholes, gravel, but no serious river crossings. Fun fact from our reader: “All those power lines go from Kárahnjúkar dam to Alcoa Fjardáal aluminum smelting company that consumes five times more power per day than capital city Reykjavik. After that section, the F333 becomes a forest road, which is a pretty unusual experience in Iceland due to the lack of trees.If you don’t want to drive and prefer appreciate the beautiful landscapes all the time (not having to watch the road lol), many organized tours are proposed. When Road 214 is open in summer, you officially do not need any special car to drive it, any 2wd car should be sufficient. We wrote in detail about our drive via the Hvannagil track in our article about the southeastern Icelandic Highlands. If you are interested in specific details about river crossings to be found on F910, we wrote about them in detail here. Information on road conditions is entered on the map from 7:00 - 22:00 and are displayed there almost immediately.