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Trollafoss

Mossfell, Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði), Iceland

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Waterfall Safety and Common Sense

Trollafoss (Tröllafoss; I think is pronounced “TRUHT-luh-foss”) was an exercise in frustration as far as I was concerned. I only managed to get partial views of the falls as I couldn’t figure out how to safely attain a more frontal view of it. Even though this waterfall had signposts leading to its general area, I couldn’t find a way to get a better view from its base except for a steep scramble that looked too dangerous.

As for the walk itself, once we made an executive decision to stop the car (we didn’t see any signs indicating where we should stop before the road got really rough; see directions below), I then had to follow the rough 4wd path on foot. The whole time I was walking on the 4wd path, I was listening for the falls. Then, when I finally heard it, I left the 4wd road and eventually found some primitive trail that ultimately descended towards a gully. However, that was where I stopped because the gully was very steep with dropoffs where I couldn’t see the bottom, and I wasn’t about to tempt fate.

I suppose had we had a little more time, we might have been able to arrange with the nearby landowners a horse ride and scramble to get to Trollafoss. I’ve seen it done in the literature. It just wasn’t meant to be during our visit.

In hindsight, it might be conceivable that I should have kept walking on the 4wd path as there might have been a more feasible way to access the base. Then again, who knows? I’m just speculating at this point.

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