Skógrækt ríkisins | Thórsmörk Trail Volunteers

Aug 24

Autumn arrives…

As the first signs of Autumn appear around us in Thórsmörk our programme is coming to an end. The last group of volunteers have one more week before they head home leaving a small team to pack down the Langidalur camp in September.

Our team is now working on finishing the last major projects of the summer which include a flight of timber framed steps on the Fimmvörðuháls trail and sections of stone retainment wall, gravel drains and new timber steps on the main trail to Húsadalur. Both projects are progressing very well and if the weather is kind to us, all the work will be completed this season.

Our last big project of the season will be a trip together with all our remaining volunteers for a long-range project planned at Emstrur with Ferðafélag Íslands… it is very exciting as it our first task on the Laugavegur trail outside Thórsmörk.

Aug 24

Moving the Básar bridge…

Thórsmörk wardens preparing to reposition the Básar bridge.

Aug 11

July in Thórsmörk

Summer in Thórsmörk is passing by very quickly and today our second Wilderness Management team has set of on its hiking week. The group will arrive in Landmannalaugar today and will then be hiking back to Thórsmörk during the next week. This gives us plenty of time to organise all the exciting work projects we want to do with them in the second half of August.

The weather during the last month has been much kinder to us than earlier in the summer and we have been uploading pictures from our July adventures…

There are now 2 sets of photos of our teams on Flickr…
Our volunteers (2013)
Wilderness management Team A (2013) (pictures taken by John McIntire)

Jul 22

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The team heads home…

Our first long-term volunteer team completed their project and headed home on Saturday. A total of ten volunteers and team leaders left us over the weekend and we miss them very much.

We would like to thank everyone for their excellent work and all the adventures we have had together during the last weeks. We hope you had fun and that some of you will join in our work (online) this winter or join us in the forest again next season. With over 100 weeks of volunteer work completed, you really have left your mark on Thórsmörk and Goðaland.

It is not over yet though… We are delighted to welcome our new team of 8 long-term volunteers which has arrived and now begun a week of induction and training at Langidalur (with a day hike together today). I am sure we have many adventures ahead of us this summer!