The Laugavegur: 54 km, four huts, and the two things that kill people
Iceland's classic trek is waymarked, non-technical and needs no guide or permit — and none of that makes it benign. Ferðafélag Íslands books it north to south only, the huts lock for winter around 16 September, and the hazards the authorities actually document are weather on the Hrafntinnusker plateau and unbridged glacial fords. The stages, the booking rules and the season, from the people who own the huts.
