Looking at putting together a trip for the summer of 2020. I've been to Iceland once and took the rental SUV on numerous F-road but have never biked there.

This is my dream itinerary. Is there anyone out there familiar with this area enough to say whether or not this is do-able? A little about me: I ride around 9,000 miles a year and do a number of races that are 200+ miles that take 14-18 hours to complete. Mainly I'm curious about the river crossings. Are there any on this route that would be deep and/or dangerous?


NORTH TO SOUTH ULTIMATE F-ROAD EXPERIENCE! Ice Caves to explore, amazing aqua colored remote lake, glacier views, world class Laugavegur singletrack (likely a lot of hike-a-bike on singletrack portion).  Extremely remote. Zero bail out points. Could skip singletrack at the end and take alternative way out of F-roads highlands. No resupply options until near end, then limited. Must carry everything and know how to fix bike problems.

DAY 1: fly in, lodging near airport, assemble bikes, store boxes, get camp stove fuel.

DAY 2: Bus to Myvatn (6 hours), head into backcountry

                    locations                      roads approx. distance

DAY 3-8: Myvatn to Viti intersection             F88        100 km

To Kverkfjoll                                              F902          40 km

Back out to intersection                              F902          40 km

To Viti                                                       F910          30 km

Back out                                                    F910          15 km

To Tungnafellsjokell                                    F910        100 km

To Hrauneyjafoss                                        F26         100 km

To Skogafoss         F208 + Laugavegur singletrack      100 km

To Vik (paved)                                       Ring Road      35 km

TOTAL riding:                approx. 560 km (approx. 350 miles)
[average under 60 miles a day]


DAY 9: Bus to airport (2.5 hours), lodging near airport, pack up


DAY 10: Same lodging. Built in extra emergency day for slow travel/bad weather. Rent car?, tour capital?


DAY 11: Airport, fly home.