Members of the Search and Rescue unit Ok in East Iceland received a distress call yesterday evening, asking for help in getting two foreign travelers who were stuck on the Kaldidalur mountain road. The road is impassable due to heavy snow and difficult conditions.
Read more: Highland roads remain closed due to dangerous conditions
According to the local newspaper Morgunblaðið the two men, who were driving an SUV, had gotten stuck in snow, but were otherwise ok. The road, which runs to the north from Þingvellir national park to Borgarfjörður in East Iceland. The route crosses Kaldidalur valley, a barren highland desert between the mountain Ok to the West and Þórisjökull and Langjökull glaciers to the East.
While Kaldidalur is not an F-road and is accessible even to regular passenger cars during the summer, the winter and early spring are a different matter. The road is still impassable due to heavy snow and difficult conditions, as is shown on the website of the Iceland Coastal and Road Authority.
Read more: Police constantly assisting travellers stuck on impassable roads which they thought were shortcuts
Travelers should always check for weather on the website of the Icelandic Met Office, and road conditions at the website of the Iceland Coastal and Road Authority before venturing onto any mountain roads .
Members of the Search and Rescue unit Ok in East Iceland received a distress call yesterday evening, asking for help in getting two foreign travelers who were stuck on the Kaldidalur mountain road. The road is impassable due to heavy snow and difficult conditions.
Read more: Highland roads remain closed due to dangerous conditions
According to the local newspaper Morgunblaðið the two men, who were driving an SUV, had gotten stuck in snow, but were otherwise ok. The road, which runs to the north from Þingvellir national park to Borgarfjörður in East Iceland. The route crosses Kaldidalur valley, a barren highland desert between the mountain Ok to the West and Þórisjökull and Langjökull glaciers to the East.
While Kaldidalur is not an F-road and is accessible even to regular passenger cars during the summer, the winter and early spring are a different matter. The road is still impassable due to heavy snow and difficult conditions, as is shown on the website of the Iceland Coastal and Road Authority.
Read more: Police constantly assisting travellers stuck on impassable roads which they thought were shortcuts
Travelers should always check for weather on the website of the Icelandic Met Office, and road conditions at the website of the Iceland Coastal and Road Authority before venturing onto any mountain roads .
