Route conditions
SKAFTAFELL
Updated January 6 2011*
Skaftafellsjökull
Easily passable. Please note that at the halfway point large rocks have fallen on the path. Please use the provisional path.
Svartifoss
Slippery conditons. Utmost care needed on the main route on the east side but impassable from the west side.
Sjónarsker / Kristínartindar
Slippery conditons on the route to Sjónarsker. The route to Kristínartindar should be regarded as dangerous due to the scree being frozen and slippery. Special equipment needed.
Sjónarnípa
Passable.
Morsárdalur (via Snið)
Impassable due to sheets of ice.
Morsárdalur (from Sandasel)
Easily passable, except for sheets of ice near the walking bridge next to Hrafnagil where one must be careful.
* IMPORTANT NOTICE: Route conditions can change suddenly so there is always the possibility of given information to be incorrect. So please be careful when walking the paths, especially in icy conditions.
JÖKULSÁRGLJÚFUR
Updated January 28th 2011*
Ásbyrgi
Most hiking routes in the vicinity of Ásbyrgi are covered in snow/ice or they get muddy during thaw conditions.. The road into the Ásbyrgi canyon is only open if the snow conditions are not to heavy.
Vesturdalur (Hljódaklettar) / Hólmatungur / Dettifoss
Impassable. The road that goes to the above places (road 862) is closed until the beginning of June (depends on weather condtions). Therefore there is no easy access to these places.
Road 864 on the east side of the Jökulsá river is also closed until the end of May/beginning of June. It normally opens 1-2 weeks earlier than road 862.