The Laugavegur Trail: A Hiking Companion to Iceland's Famous Trek

Great guide to an amazing hike

The source to read prior to tackling Laugavegur Trail. This book gives you day by day details. I found it to be invaluable.

Must have information for this trail. Strong on the volcanology, but weak on the trail/ hike description. An elevation profile would be nice and wouldn’t add any weight. Nevertheless if you want the story behind the scenery start here.

Yes, this book is very specific but that is what I was looking for. There are plenty of other books on Iceland to tell you all about the other stuff that this island country has to offer. I had already booked my flights to hike the Laugavegur this summer along with 7 of my backpacking buddies, and was looking for some reliable intel specifically on this famous trek. since I am the defacto leader of this group, I had already done quite a bit of research online beforehand but wanted something more. Brian Zimmer delivers the perfect amount of information and detail in his first-hand account. I will bring this paperback book with me on the trail and plan on reading each day's account out loud to my gang every morning, so that we get the most out of the trek.

There isn't much written on the laugavegur trail, unlike some of the other hikes I've been on where there are endless amounts. So while this may be one of the more detailed descriptions of the trail you'll be able to find, there ultimately isn't a ton here. Maybe I should be judging it based on what else is written on Laugavegur, not what people have written about other hikes, but I just felt like I didn't get that much more information from this than I found online. It is still useful, so if you prefer to know as much as possible about a hike before venturing across the mountains, pick it up, but it's not giving the kind of detailed information I found helpful for hikes like the Haute Route.

Accurate guide to the hike. Fails to mention the terrifying ridge section on day 5. Youtube has several videos of this section. Watch them before attempting that section, people with a fear of heights may wish to skip that portion of the hike.

Loads of information jammed into this book; I would definitely recommend buying if you are embarking on this trek. I brought the book in my pack and reread sections on the rocks and mountains as I hiked through the area to appreciate the geology around me more. This book also saved me when I made it into Thorsmork and didn't know which route to take to get to my cabin.

Very nice info book for those of us who want to know what to expect when they hike the Laugavegur. Besides the actual trail, the author also describes short off-trail hikes that one could do after they have completed the day's hike on the trail. The pictures were nice, but if you go early in the season, as I did, much of the first 3 days will be snow covered, so it will look different.

Excellent and thorough guidebook. Planning this route for summer 2017 and this has everything i needed to know plus great info on what to see on the way geology and volcano-wise.

The perfect companion if you're interested in the Laugavegur Trail and especially if you like all things geological.

Great for anyone wanting to do the trail - will give it an extra dimension with the geiological insight

Really enlightening interesting read. Gave me some useful information prior to travelling to Iceland.

Excellent book, but not compatible with Kindle Voyage unfortunately.