Programme news | Thórsmörk Trailteam

Dec 17

Food at the volunteer camps

During the summer Trailteam projects, domestic tasks at our volunteer camps are shared between the teams. Our volunteers take part in organising the food and preparing the meals.

Facilities at our volunteer camps are basic but our volunteers are inventive and make some delicious food.

We have begun the search for volunteers for 2023 and applications are now open. Dates, details and application forms are available here… Volunteer opportunities

Here are some pictures from last season…

Grilling fish at Básar (Sarah Callow)

Homemade soup (Amy Summers)

Snack time at Langidalur camp (Ellis Wiersma)

Stir-fry night (Pavla Maljkovic)

Dining outside (Judith Herrmann)

Icelandic fiskibollur and salad (Dyfan Goode)

Dec 15

Volunteers wanted! Applications for 2023 are now open

Today we begin our search for volunteers for 2023.

The new programme includes both three and six-week volunteer placements as well as longer placements for team leaders.

Full details including placement descriptions, dates and application forms are now available here…

Volunteer opportunities

Places are limited so if you would like to join us out on the trails next summer, don’t delay!

Dec 7

Our work in 2022

This year we returned for our tenth Trailteam season in Thórsmörk and Goðaland.

We were joined by 46 international volunteers and together our teams completed more than 200 weeks of trail maintenance and practical nature conservation tasks throughout the area.

This year’s trail work included a series of ongoing projects on the Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls trails where our teams focused on step construction and drainage. New trail projects in 2022 included timber box steps at Gluggahellir and log steps and drains close to the Elf-Church (west of Réttarfell). Local stone is used when available, but our teams specialise in the use forest timber in the construction of the area’s hiking trails.

Stone steps and drain construction (Jakob Svendsen).

Bridge building (Amy Summers)

Log step construction (Izzy Cadec)

Building box steps (Melissa Davies)

Willow stick planting for use in restoration work (Poul Korndal).

Platform and box steps (Melissa Davies)

Drilling post holes for timber steps (Dyfan Goode)

Timber ‘ladder’ frame (Izzy Cadec)

Gathering trail data for maintenance planning (Sarah Callow)

Information about our 2023 programme including placement dates and application forms will be available here on December 15th. Placement applications will be open from December 15th – January 31st.

Volunteer opportunities