Part of the road is closed during winter at times because of heavy snow, which can reach up to 7 metres (23 ft).
[4] It continues to the town of Gäddede and Road 342, then passes through Jormvattnet, Stora Blåsjön, and Stekenjokk, and on to Klimpfjäll.
One of the waterfalls, Hällingsåfallet (which also is a nature reserve), drains into the longest water canyon of Northern Europe.
Hällingsåfallet's canyon is 800 metres (2,600 ft) long and, due to ongoing soil erosion, its length is still increasing.
[8] As Vildmarksvägen winds eastward it passes near the Sami village of Fatmomakke, a community built with a church at its centre.
These military installations were built between 1940 and 1945 to defend the area against German invasion during World War II.