Hiking in the Pyrenees Articles

Hiking in Ordesa

Safety in the mountains: Why we use Garmin inReach on all our walking holidays

When hiking in the Pyrenees, a sense of freedom and remoteness is part of the experience. Wide valleys, high passes and quiet trails are what draw people here. At the same time, these are serious mountains, where weather can change quickly and mobile phone coverage is not always reliable. A Garmin InReach allows you to call for help if something goes wrong and for people to see your location and keep an eye out for you.

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Lakes & Valleys and Discover Ordesa Walking Holidays

The walking season is in full swing here in the Pyrenees and we've had a couple of great walking holidays already this June with a Lakes & Valleys and a Discover Ordesa walking holidays. We've had some fantastic hikes visiting high alpine pastures, abandoned...

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The Bath Boys Hike the Pyrenees

Thanks to Len, Phil, Julian, Peter, Alan and Trevor - our first guests of the summer. They walked  a new village to village itinerary staying each night in different villages in the Valle de Tena. Hope you had a great week guys. Bit unseasonly cold at the beginning of...

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New Pyrenees weather forecast

Update: visit our new Pyrenees weather forecast page for up to date forecasts and information on the most accurate forecasts for the Pyrenees I find  snow-forecast.com an excellent site with very reliable forecasts for the Pyrenees. They've just launched a sister...

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Winter arrives to Biescas

  The lovely autumn weather we´ve been having here in the Pyrenees came to an abrupt end last weekend when we had about 30cm of snow in Biescas. Anna and I hiked up to Ermita Santa Elena which looked lovely in the snow. 

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Lakes & Valleys June ’09

Last week Jenny, Donna and Caroline joined us for a Lakes & Valleys guided walking holiday. We had superb weather particularly for the first half of the week and had great mountain views with clear blue skies overhead. Our first days hike took us to the Ibon de...

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Rasal to Loarre Castle

On Sunday Anna and I hiked with the Sabinanigo walking club from a village called Rasal to Loarre Castle taking in the peak Puchilibro (1595m). Domingo hemos hecho una excursion desde Rasal a Castillo Loarre con el club de montana Sabinanigo. We set off from Rasal and...

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First guests of the season

Last week Hike Pyrenees welcomed it's first guests for the season and our first from the US. Our walk on the first day took us through the medieval villages of the Serrablo. These ancient villages have some of the finest examples of Romanesque churches anywhere in...

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Walking in Valencia

Over the Easter holidays we headed south to the beach and do some walking. We stayed in Oliva - just north of Denia. Really nice beach (which we took a fantastic horseride down) and some good walking with wonderful spring flowers nearby. The Penyal d'Ifrac is a 332m...

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