Básar | Thórsmörk Trail Volunteers

Dec 14

Summer 2015 – Plans for next season…

As the end of the year approaches, it is time to announce our plans for next season…

We are delighted to confirm that the our volunteers will return to Thórsmörk in 2015 and we have been busy gathering the details for our summer programme. It is a very exciting time for us as we are able to build on the success of our last season, make a few key changes as well as introduce some new ideas.

Next year, placements will run from 2-9 weeks and once again there will be no participation fee. Full details and application forms will be published on our homepage on 19th December. There will be 2-week and 6-week placements as well as opportunities with our “Operations Team” (responsible for leading groups and supporting the projects). The allocation of placements will begin immediately with the first interviews planned for early January. Places are allocated as soon as suitable applicants are found and we expect this process to be completed by Easter.

Don’t miss your chance to join us!

Nov 1

Pictures from the Kattarhryggur steps…

One of our most ambitions and challenging projects has been the building of timber steps close to Kattarhryggur on the Fimmvörðuháls trail. Work began in 2013 and continued with a second phase last summer.

There is more work to do and we look forward to returning to the site, but we have collected together these albums of pictures to tell the story so far…

Oct 20

Our team last summer…

We are putting together an album of pictures of volunteers who joined our team last summer. Was there really that much sunshine?

Jul 24

Our Long-term volunteers head home

The first half of our summer ended when our team of long-term volunteers and second group of 2-week volunteers recently completed their projects.

The team gathered for a last evening together at the Langidalur base camp before heading home. We would like to thank everyone who joined us, for their hard work and for coping with all that rain! We hope you are all now adjusting to life back home with dry feet, hot showers and real beds… We miss you all!

Jul 6

Our Long-term volunteers and Laugavegurinn

Just five weeks ago our first long-term volunteer team of the season began their adventures with us in Thórsmörk. Since joining us, they have completed over 60 weeks of repair work on the trails and have definitely left their mark on the place.

In addition to all that work, the team “enjoyed” quite a challenging hike from Landmannalaugar due to the stormy weather. We would like to thank our colleagues and friends at the Ferðafélag Íslands huts along the trail, for looking after our volunteers so well during those stormy days… for the shelter and for their support. It was really good to meet everyone safely back at the Langidalur base camp.

Now we are looking forward to the return of the sunshine as in the group’s final week we are heading north to new project sites close to Emstrur.