{
  "name": "Route to Gásadalur",
  "slug": "route-to-gasadalur",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/route-to-gasadalur/",
  "summary": "A 10 km road on Vágar that tunnels through a mountain to reach Gásadalur, a village of 18 people inaccessible by road until 2004, ending above the Múlafossur waterfall where a stream drops from the clifftop straight into the Atlantic.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "45"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Faroe Islands",
    "region": "Vágar",
    "start": {
      "name": "Sørvágur",
      "lat": 62.070772,
      "lon": -7.311556
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Gásadalur",
      "lat": 62.112042,
      "lon": -7.433076
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 6.6,
    "lengthKm": 10.6,
    "driveMinutes": 13,
    "corners": 12,
    "hairpins": 2,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 202.4,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 5
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Single-lane unlit 1.4 km tunnel",
    "Atlantic fog can descend in seconds",
    "Extreme cliff-edge winds at the Múlafossur viewpoint",
    "Narrow single-track coastal section",
    "Nesting Arctic terns in summer"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "coast",
    "mountain",
    "valley"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Á Skarði",
    "Bjarnafossur",
    "Múlafossur"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 50
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-08-03"
}