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?
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Oct 12
Our base camp at Langidalur
The Thórsmörk volunteer base camp was established at Langidalur by the Forest Service (Skógrækt ríkisins) in spring 2013. The camp is hosted by the Iceland Touring Association (Ferðafélag Íslands).
This season we have been busy developing the camp and improving facilities for the teams. We now have solar powered electricity for phone charging and 12v lighting, as well as hot water on tap (heated by gas). Work on the drying room has been ongoing all summer but it is now complete with metal roof and the new building includes an undercover kitchen and washing up area. Luxury for those joining us next season!
We created a Flickr album with pictures of the improvement work at the base camp completed last summer…
Thank you all!
As Autumn arrives in Thórsmörk, the time has come to pack our equipment and head home. We would like to thank all the volunteers who joined us this season, for their hard work and support and for doing such a great job out on the trails through rain and shine. It has been a truly special summer.
As we close the Langidalur base camp for another season we are reminded of all those great days on the trails and the nights around the campfire. We hope you all enjoyed your visit and returned home with some good memories of your time with us in the mountains.
Thank you for everything.
Have a good winter and hope to see you next year!
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.
Training volunteer leaders in Thórsmörk
This week we have been training our volunteer team leaders and preparing them for the season ahead.
Five leaders from our operations team joined us for a week of induction and training which included helping to set up the Langidalur base camp and organise food and equipment for the teams arriving in June. The group tent is now up, the hut is ready and the new drying room is nearing completion. The Langidalur base camp is now ready for business!
The leaders course was organised and presented by Tony Newby and hosted by Ferðafélag Íslands at Langidalur. Tony helped to establish our training programme last season and has a long history of training volunteer team leaders in both the UK and Iceland. The course has been developed specifically for our programme and it addresses the challenges faced by our team leaders and volunteers, living, working and hiking in the area through the summer months.
Now we are ready…
Thórsmörk Trail Volunteers 