The ancient Kjolur Trail is a long, winding road that takes travellers across a historic glacial shortcut, written about in the sagas, used by famous sheep thieves and forgotten for a century after it claimed the lives of some hikers. Even before the Viking Age, the Kjólur Trail, which runs north to south between two mountain glaciers, was a popular way to travel across Iceland’s barren highlands. Sagas tell of small armies using the road to rush back and forth from conflict to conflict. It was in the 18th century that the road began to gain real notoriety. It is rumored that during this period, the famous Icelandic outlaw Fjalla-Eyvindur and his wife settled on a section of the road now known as the “Valley of Thieves.” In addition to its association with these outlaws, there is also a tale of two travelers who were leading their flock of 100 sheep along the road and were caught in a snowstorm. Both the shepherds and their livestock died along the way, which also created the site known as “Bone Hill.” After this era, the road disappeared from the map for almost 100 years before being rediscovered in the 19th century and has been a popular hiking trail ever since. The geography of the area is notable for the hot spring fields and geothermal pools that are found along the way. There are also a number of huts and rock formations that can be visited while traveling along the road.