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III
Markarfljót (upper section)
The best place to start is below the 4m fall on the right hand bank. We found a gap in the canyon some 8km down from the fall, the rapids are continious of varying difficulty but never harder than grade III. Several cany
Access arrangements
Put in below the road bridge some 10 km upstream of the top of the canyon bridge north east of Hattfell.
Egress
Before the start of the canyon at the road bridge by the hut south west of Hattfell.
Description
The best place to start is below the 4m fall on the right hand bank. We found a gap in the canyon some 8km down from the fall, the rapids are continious of varying difficulty but never harder than grade III. Several canyons are passed with spectacular walls. The most serious rapid on the river is just in the last piece of canyon where a wide pourover should be avoided either right or left. This is not a difficult section of river but there is nowhere dull and there is some very impressive scenery with lots of geese and pink flowers.