Raudfeldsgja Gorge

Raudfeldsgja Gorge

About the place

Rauðfeldsgjá is a narrow cleft cut into the mountainside near Arnarstapi, on the south coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in west Iceland. A short uphill path from the car park reaches the entrance, where a stream pours from an opening barely wider than a person. Those willing to wade the cold water and scramble over wet rock reach small waterfalls deeper inside. The gorge takes its name from a saga tale of Bárður Snæfellsás.