Programme news | Thórsmörk Trailteam

May 3

Returning for our ninth Trailteam season in Thórsmörk

Our ninth Trailteam season has now begun and we are expecting our first international volunteers to join us at the Langidalur camp today.

Despite international travel restrictions and ongoing uncertainty, we intend to go ahead with all of our planned projects and are hopeful that many of our volunteers will still be able to join us. Heavy rain in recent weeks has left us with plenty of maintenance tasks on the trail network and we are eager to get started this week.

We will begin with the opening the Langidalur volunteer camp and then focus on maintenance and repairs to water damage on the main trails. This early season start means that there is time to survey the trail network and plan work projects ahead of the arrival of our main volunteer teams in June.

Weather conditions in Thórsmörk have been excellent during the last few days, cold with bright sunshine and just the occasional snow shower.

Mar 25

Starting in 6 weeks time…

We will soon be arriving back in Thórsmörk and preparing the Langidalur camp for our first volunteers of the season.

There is plenty of work waiting for us and we are very exited to be heading back after our winter away.

Picture taken last week by our friends from Húsadalur, Volcano Huts

Feb 28

Ready and waiting…

We have now completed preparations for the season and remain hopeful that our international volunteers will be able to join us in Thórsmörk and Goðaland this summer.

We received a huge amount of interest in the placements this year and had some difficult decisions when making the selection. The team includes volunteers from fifteen countries and it was very good that many of those who were unable to join us due to travel disruption last season, have signed up to try again this summer.

We have prepared an ambitious programme with lots new timber construction tasks, long-range adventures, mapping work and plenty of tree planting… but more of that later.

We look forward to getting back to work on the trails with our teams as soon as restrictions allow and it is safe to do so.

Pictured: Sunday breakfast with the team, last summer at the Langidalur volunteer camp.