Fimmvörðuháls / Baldvinsskáli

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Ferðafélag Íslands (The Iceland Touring Association, FÍ) operates a small mountain hut called Baldvinsskáli on Fimmvörðuháls.

From the hall, you walk into a small dining room/kitchen. On the second floor is a dormitory where a total of 16 people can sleep.

A simple latrine/outhouse is located close to the hut. There is now running water in Baldvinsskáli on Fimmvörðuháls. Ferðafélag Íslands has worked for many years to bring water to Baldvinsskáli, and after numerous research and field trips, measurements, and engineering considerations, running water has now been installed in Baldvinsskáli. Guests have to take their trash along with them and leave nothing behind at the lodge.

The hike across Fimmvörðuháls, from Skógar to Þórsmörk is one of the most popular hiking trails in Iceland. The weather on the trail is infamously unreliable and precarious and thus the need for some shelter on the trail. The first hut on Fimmvörðuháls was built in the year 1974.