Sandafell Mountain — Attraction in Westfjords

From the town of Thingeyri, use Google Maps and drive to mountain Sandafell. You will climb about half the mountain in your car, and can then park in a gravel parking (more like a wide gravel shoulder) where you see the square-with-loops sign (point of interest sign). From there on, you will walk up the mountain on a dirt/rocky road, which is only OK for either hiking or for a high clearance 4x4 - not a regular AWD SUV. There is nowhere to turn around on this dirt road. The hike is about 2 miles (uphill, not too steep but there’s no respite from the incline) up to the antenna tower, and you can continue past that until the edge too (we stopped a little ways short of the mobile tower). No matter where you hike until, you will see stunning views on both sides. The town also looks incredibly cute from the high vantage point. And the fjord looks just...

As with everything in Iceland - stunning. We parked in the car park on the 626. Iceland road website says this road is ‘impassable’ right now in April - it’s easily accessible to the car park, blocked much further on. Gravel road. The walk is up a 4x4 track - don’t even think about trying this in a non-4x4 or a low 4x4, lots of bits would be impassible and nowhere to turn around. The walk took us 40mins to the top, fairly slow paced, gentle up-hill walk. Stunning views...

Nice, short hike up the mountain, rewarded with a fantastic view of the Fjord and the surrounding area.

Note to visitors: drive up road 60 (where it becomes a gravel road) from Dingeyri until you make a longer right turn around the half base of the mountain. There is a small parking area for maybe four to five cars. It says the mountain name and has the Icelandic sign for point of interest (the square with looped corners). Start...