CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 389 km round trip from Egilsstaðir - roughly 15 h 58 in the saddle. It goes by way of Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature and back through Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,600 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Egilsstaðir is the capital of east Iceland in the way a village can be a capital: it has a population of about two thousand, an airport, a supermarket, a swimming pool and a good reputation. It sits on the flat shore of Lagarfljót, a long glacial lake that stretches south-west for about twenty-five kilometres and is said to be home to a monster. The Lagarfljót worm has been reported since the Middle Ages, and a few years back a farmer even filmed something floating in the water, which the locals prefer to leave unexplained. The lake is murky grey-green with glacier silt, so a monster would have no trouble hiding.
Read the complete Egilsstadir write-up.
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Egilsstaðir is where the day begins. Next is Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature.
Vatnajökull is the biggest ice cap in Europe by volume, a white plateau covering about eight percent of Iceland, with outlet glaciers that spill into valleys and lagoons. Beneath the ice lie volcanoes, including Grímsvötn and Bárðarbunga, that erupt from time to time, melting the ice from below and sending floods of water down the rivers. The national park that surrounds it, one of the largest in Europe, is a place where fire and ice are visibly at work on the same ground.
Read the complete Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature write-up.
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Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature comes up 95 km in.
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Read the complete Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature write-up.
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190 km in you reach Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature. Next is back through Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature.
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Read the complete Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature write-up.
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back through Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature, late in the day. Next is Egilsstadir.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Egilsstadir write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Egilsstadir. That is the ride.
Egilsstaðir → Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature is 190 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature → Egilsstadir is 190 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.