Langidalur Volunteer

Oct 1

Our long-range trailteams

When we arrived in Thórsmörk five years ago, our work focused on trial maintenance tasks close to the permanent camps at Langidalur and Básar. As these were completed, the teams moved into more remote areas which have the added challenge of hiking long distance with the tools and materials.

To reduce the amount of time hiking each day, a series of temporary wilderness camps has been established close to the worksites. The focus this season has been the Rjúpnafell area where teams stayed for 4-5 days and when necessary were resupplied with food and materials from Langidalur. As well as increasing the range of our operations, these projects are very popular with the teams as they provide an opportunity for our volunteers to experience low impact camping in Iceland’s wilderness.

May 5

Ready to start…

After months of talking and planning we are about to finally get back to Langidalur with a team and begin work on the trails.

Almost as if had been planned, last week’s snow has been replaced by warm days with bright sunshine and perfect camping weather (at least for the next few days).

We are making an early start this season and our first team of volunteers will focus on improving the trail marking ahead of the main tourist season. Several of the popular hiking routes will be colour coded and individual numbers will be added to the markers to help with safety in the area. The GPS mapping and numbering system is part of the pathfinder programme in Thórsmörk.

We are very much looking forward to the arrival of our first team on Sunday and the season ahead.

Apr 20

The first day of summer…

Enjoying the first day of summer and preparing the Langidalur volunteer camp… in between the snow showers.

Apr 16

Gleðilega páska – Happy Easter to you all!

The Langidalur camp is still quiet but will soon be open for business.
Preparations have already begun as this season we are starting early and our first team will be joining us in just 3 weeks time. There is a lot to do in 3 weeks, but we are very much looking forward to meeting the new team and getting started on 7th May.

Mar 16

Pre-departure meetings for our volunteers – planned for April

Following their success last season, we are organising pre-departure Skype meetings for our volunteers before we head back to Thórsmörk.

The meetings are planned for April and all volunteers who are joining us this season will be invited. Their aim is to provide an opportunity to discuss preparations for the placements, including the chance to talk about the conditions at the camps, required equipment and travel to the meeting point at the start. It is the perfect opportunity to make contact and for us to answer any last minute questions that the team may have.

The meetings will take place over about two weeks and details of available times will be emailed shortly. We would like to complete the meetings before we move to the Thórsmörk to begin setting up the camps and where Skype contact is limited.