Programme news | Thórsmörk Trailteam

Aug 8

Trail work, tree planting and rain

The long sunny days of July already seem a long time ago as the start of August has brought us storms, growing rivers and lots of rain.

Despite the weather, progress has been very good, the team are still smiling and our work continues… with orange waterproofs close at hand.

Tree planting team at Tumastaðir Forestry Station (Michelle Pröstler)

Checking numbers and repainting trail markers on Laugavegurinn (Anna Mariager)

Hiding from the rain at our Langidalur hut (Nicolas Talou)

Our team heading out to work (Nicolas Talou)

Box steps on their way to Valahnúkur (Anna Mariager)

Rainy (but still beautiful) day at Langidalur (Nicolas Talou)

Tree planting at Tumastaðir (Rahel Paasch)

Bridge building at Langidalur (Nicolas Talou)

Sunshine on Valahnúkur (Theresa Schaber)

Jul 27

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Our week on the trails

The team have gathered some of their pictures of this season’s first big week on the trails. It has been an amazing week of trail work, bridge building, hiking and camp fires… with lots more adventures still to come.

Friday evening campfire at Langidalur (Jenny Allen)

Bridge building (Jenny Allen)

Hiking day on Rjúpnafell (Jenny Allen)

Our amazing team leaders (Anna Mariager)

Coffee break on the trail (Ellen Halldorsson)

Moving materials to Morinsheiði (Isabel Cadec)

Hiking to work (Michelle Pröstler)

The Fimmvörðuháls trail (Ondřej Kupka)

Step construction (Michelle Pröstler)

Jul 18

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A busy July in Thórsmörk

Although we arrived to an empty valley, a steady stream of international volunteers and summer staff have been joining us since the start of June and the team has been growing steadily each week.

As well as improvements at the Langidalur volunteer camp and ongoing surveys of the trail network, we have been able to return to several of our favourite work sites and get our hand dirty again. Our main focus in recent weeks has been building stone and timber steps on Valahnúkur as well as general maintenance and improved trail marking on the Fimmvörðuháls trail.

Preparations at our Langidalur volunteer camp are now complete and we are very excited to welcome the international volunteers who will be joining us on Sunday. After months of uncertainty, our planned 6-week project is finally about to start.