Dettifoss

Dettifoss is the largest waterfall in Europe by volume of water and has a reputation of being one of the most powerful waterfalls. It sits on a river that flows from the Vatnajokull ice cap and there's a few other waterfalls in the area as well.

Getting to the waterfall was very... uh... interesting. We ignored our GPS and took a newer road that was just recently built, which was the better choice because this side had port-a-potties (ew) and a better view of the falls.



The falls isn't too far from the parking lot and was only about 800 to 900 meters away. But, we didn't realize it would still be covered under a foot of snow! The path was well marked and carved out by previous hikers, so it wasn't as difficult as it could have been. Some of the trail made me nervous though because of the "Stay on trail! Deep waters nearby." Deep water nearby?!? I tread very carefully after reading that one!



Once we finally reached the beautiful Dettifoss, it was difficult to get a good picture. Because of all the waterfall mist and the cold, the lower region, where the best view points are, were marked off due to the frozen ground. Although it looked like someone had been down there recently, I was not going down there in my little sketchers and risk slipping off of the side to get the picture I wanted. I was perfectly fine viewing the falls from where I was. Dettifoss was beautiful, but maybe I'm bias because of my love for waterfalls.



But there were also some mega mean looking clouds coming our way and we needed to snap, admire and run back before we got slammed by whatever it was that was coming for us. We carefully but speedly made our way back and just as we came to the car, the storm unleashed its power. Down came ice and snow, covering our car and the roads before we could get away. Luckyily though, we made it out fine and left the big wall of white behind us. On to our next destination.