CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Westfjords Route 60 and 61: Holmavik to Dynjandi
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 284 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 09
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Isafjordur → Dynjandi
This part of the ride is 59 km of Isafjordur → Dynjandi.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 59 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Hólmavík
Hólmavík is a small fishing village on the eastern shore of the Westfjords, and for many riders it is the gateway to the wildest part of Iceland. It sits on a little peninsula in Steingrímsfjörður, with a harbour full of boats, a church and a handful of colourful houses, and it has barely three hundred and fifty people. The landscape around it is stark and beautiful: low, rounded hills, deep fjords and bare, dark mountains beyond. In summer the light barely fades, and at midnight the sky glows orange over the water.
Read the complete Holmavik write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hólmavík is where the day begins. Next is Isafjordur.
2. Isafjordur
Isafjordur is the largest town in the Westfjords, with about two and a half thousand inhabitants, and it sits on a narrow gravel spit that juts into the fjord Skutulsfjordur, with steep mountains rising almost vertically on three sides. It was settled early as a fishing and trading port, and it grew rich on cod. The oldest part of town has some of the finest surviving timber buildings in the country, some of which date from the eighteenth century, and the Westfjords Heritage Museum is housed in one of them, with exhibits on fishing, boats and daily life.
Read the complete Isafjordur write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Isafjordur comes up about 225 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dynjandi.
3. Dynjandi
Dynjandi is a waterfall that spreads like a bridal veil down the side of a mountain in the Westfjords, one of the most remote and least visited parts of Iceland. The water falls about a hundred metres in a series of steps, narrowing at the top to about thirty metres and widening at the bottom to about sixty, so that the whole thing looks like a great white fan, and at the foot of the main fall there are half a dozen smaller cascades, each with its own name, that you can climb past on a short path.
Read the complete Dynjandi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 284 km.
Leg by leg
Hólmavík to Isafjordur
Hólmavík → Isafjordur is 225 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Isafjordur to Dynjandi
Isafjordur → Dynjandi is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.