Neighbours say whether the walks to the pool, the shops, the hospital and school are cleared, slippery or not cleared yet — with the town’s own clearing order and report form beside them.
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Neighbours are starting to report the paths — tap to see.
Is the way you walk cleared this morning, or a sheet of ice? Neighbours who have just been out say what they found, so the people setting off after them know which way to go — to the pool, the shops, the hospital or school. Tap a route to add what you saw.
Tap a route to say how the path is right now.
Gilið (Kaupvangsstræti)
The steep street up from the town centre past Listagil.
No reports yet
The church steps (kirkjutröppurnar)
From the town centre up to Akureyrarkirkja.
No reports yet
Göngugatan and Hafnarstræti
The pedestrian street and the town centre pavements.
No reports yet
The shore path along Drottningarbraut
Between Innbær and the town centre, by the fjord.
No reports yet
Þingvallastræti pavements
Up past Menntaskólinn to Sundlaug Akureyrar.
No reports yet
To the hospital (Eyrarlandsvegur)
Pavements to Sjúkrahúsið á Akureyri.
No reports yet
Glerárgata to Glerártorg
The main road north over the Glerá to the shopping centre.
These are neighbours, not the city. Report an uncleared or dangerous path to the city here: Akureyrarbær — Snjómokstur og hálkuvarnir — The town’s environment centre at Rangárvellir clears and grits streets and paths in a fixed order of priority; its winter-service map shows which class each street and path is in.
How this works
Each report counts for about 12 hours, then drops off on its own. A route shows once at least 1 recent report is in; when several are in we show the middle one, so a single voice can’t swing it.
What gets cleared first
The town clears the main walking and cycling paths between neighbourhoods first, together with the routes to schools, nurseries, bus stops and the main public buildings. In a storm it concentrates on the main roads, bus routes and access to emergency services.
Grit you can take yourself
There are sand boxes (sandkistur) in several places in town where residents may take grit for icy steps and paths. They are shown on the town’s winter-service map: https://www.map.is/akureyri/#vetrarthjonusta
Residential streets are only cleared when they become hard going for cars. The ridge of snow a plough leaves across a driveway is the household’s to clear.
These are reports from neighbours who have just been out on foot — not the town’s clearing schedule, and not a promise that a path is safe. A report fades after 12 hours, because a cleared path can freeze again overnight.