It’s been snowing heavily in the Pyrenees for over a week now but the weather cleared on Friday and Saturday and it was time to dig the snowshoes out of the back of the cupboard for the first snowshoe outing of the season. Continue reading
Category Archives: Snow Shoeing
Snowshoeing from Cotefablo
Snow conditions are fabulous at Formigal and the Pyrennes in general at the moment. Last Sunday Fabien and I went snowshoeing from the Cotefablo pass. Continue reading
Griffons in the snow

A Griffon Vulture (Gyps Fulvas) flying close overhead
March 8th is women´s day in Spain and we celebrated by taking a relaxing walk in the snow. Along our trail we saw Griffon Vultures, Great Tits, Long-tailed Tits, Red Kites and pine processionary caterpillar nests. Continue reading
Snow shoeing with the walking club

Lunching (and drinking) on the summit of Pic l´Iou
Fantastic snow shoeing trip today with the Sabinanigo walking club to Pic l’Iou just over the border in France.
Hoy hemos hecho una excursion muy bonita con raquetas con el club de montaña Sabinanigo. Continue reading
Kerry’s first snowshoeing adventure

Kerry and Anna snowshoeing
Our friend Kerry has come over for a half term holiday and yesterday we took her on her first snowshoeing outing. Lots of snow last week but blue skies and sunshine everyday this week so we had perfect conditions. Continue reading