Valleys Hveradalir (The Hot Spring Valleys) is the common name of the small valleys to the south and southwest of Mt Reykjafell at the western foot of the Hellisheidi Moorland, northeast of the Little Coffee Shop on the main highway.  Near he Skiing Lodge restaurant, above the mouth of Valley Storidalur are several hot springs after which the area was named.  The lodge was originally built in 1934 by the Skiing Association of Reykjavik.  In 1971 the municipality of Reykjavik bought it and on January 21^st 1991 it burned down.

On June 17^th 1992 a new lodge was inaugurated.  In the slope above it are to memorials commemorating two chairmen of the association, Ludvig H. Müller, merchant (1879-1952) and Kristjan O. Skagfiord (1883-1951).  A Dane, A.C. Hĝyer lived in Hveradalir 1930-40.  He operated mud- and steam baths and was among the first people in the country to use the hot springs for greenhouse cultivation.