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The mountain pass is quite steep at some places, but the road is generally in good condition and shouldn’t be a problem for a simple crossover for example. But since we had problems with our car’s 4WD system, I decided not to risk it this time with the river crossing. F839, in Icelandic Leirdalsheiðarvegur, is one of the two roads in the Northern Highlands leading to the sea, next to Flatey island and close to Akureyri’s fjord – Eyjafjörður. We found out that the more the name of the road resembles some killing machine the rougher the actual road is, but that’s just what we’d observed.

If the roads are closed it’s mostly due to the fact there may still be like 60-90cm / 2-3feet of snow on the road and no regular car can pass that road, only super jeeps. This river crossing scared us a bit, but under good conditions, with proper experience and a big enough car, it’s doable. 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. All three of them – F752, F821, and F26 are much more difficult to drive, so you should choose your car according to where you will be driving next. Maybe it’s also worth mentioning that near the end of the road, we encountered some trail damage, and driving through that small section needed more caution.The spot where Bjólfur track leads is marked on Google Maps as “Bjólfur avalanche barriers”, surprisingly, because there are avalanche barriers. I don’t know how difficult this one is (I took the turn to F333), but you cross the same river on a bridge near Geysir, and it looks doable there. There’s also one bigger river towards the end of the road, near the sea, that can be considered at a minimum a medium-sized river crossing.

Gravel, clay, rocks, sand, sulfur – anything you can imagine, all of this surrounded by unforgettable views of the volcanic hills around.Information on road conditions is entered on the map from 7:00 - 22:00 and are displayed there almost immediately. This means that you either better avoid this road, or be very well prepared and gain enough experience with river crossings elsewhere first.

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