SEEDS 034. ÞJÓRSÁRDALUR - HIKING TRAILS

SEEDS volunteers will be mostly working on the hiking trails and walking paths in the area of this beautiful valley. The main tasks of the volunteers will be to put down signposts on the walking trails and to paint pickets on the different routes in the area. The work of putting down pickets into the ground on the paths is physical and tools used include the sledge (sledgehammer) and crowbar. Well maintained paths enable people to visit these amazing areas without damaging them and this important work also helps to improve safety for visitors. Additional tasks may be cleaning or beautifying the area, like hand-picking garbage or collecting trash blown by the wind or brought by some visitors. Some of the trails are located in an isolated area and the group may spend the day at the work site, therefore it will be needed to prepare lunch packs in the morning as we would return in the late afternoon back to the accommodation. The group may be split during the day to work in different locations. The working day normally runs from 09:00 to 17:00 with breaks for lunch and coffee; however, please be prepared for some flexibility due to the nature of Iceland’s changeable weather. No previous experience is necessary but the work is demanding and requires a good physical condition; it can at times be repetitive.