Básar | Thórsmörk Trail Volunteers

Nov 22

2016 programme dates… coming soon

After a restful autumn break, we are now back to work and busy preparing our 2016 volunteer programme. The placement dates, project details and application forms will be published here on December 19^th.

Once again, the programme will include two and six-week projects as well as longer placements for volunteers joining our operations team (helping with organisation and team leadership). The first Skype interviews will take place on January 2^nd and placements will be allocated as soon as suitable applicants are found.

Applications open in less than four weeks…

Oct 21

Pictures from last summer…

We have just created a photo album of our favorite pictures of the teams from last summer…

Aug 29

To our volunteers…

As the summer comes to an end, most of our volunteers completed their placements and headed home today. Despite a cold and late start, our third season has been very successful with trail repair projects completed on sites from Morinsheiði to Hvanngil.

We would like to thank everyone who worked with our teams on the trails this summer. We hope that you have good memories of Thórsmörk and that you enjoyed your time with us working on the mountains and living in the forest. Thank you all for your hard work, support and friendship.

It is now time for us to take down the tents and pack the tools…. but maybe just one more campfire before we finish.

See you next season!

May 8

Our third birthday!

Preparation work at the volunteer camp stopped briefly on Thursday, so that we could celebrate the volunteer programme’s third birthday with chocolate cake and coffee (a welcome break from working on the roof of the volunteer hut in freezing cold temperatures).

Established by the Icelandic Forest Service (Skógrækt ríkisins) in 2012 as a pilot project, the programme now recruits, trains and leads volunteers on trail maintenance and nature conservation projects throughout Thórsmörk, Goðaland and beyond. In 2014, over 240 weeks of volunteer work were completed.

We would like to thank our volunteers and friends for all their hard work and support over these three amazing years.

(The cake was extremely good…)

Apr 23

Gleðilegt sumar! – Happy first day of summer!

We celebrated the first day of summer today with the season’s first day of trail work.

Following our recent visit to snowy Thórsmörk and Goðaland, the team has relocated to a work site at Hjalpafoss for a few days. We look forward to beginning preparations for our teams at the Langidalur base camp next week.