 Móðguð also says that the dead in Hel appear as a different color than the living and tells him that to get to Hel he must go "down and to the North" where he would find the Road to Hel.Continuing along the Road to Hel, Hermóðr encounters the Gates of Hel.Hermóðr remounts, spurs Sleipnir, and the two bound far over it.