Snowshoeing Articles

Snowshoeing in the sunshine

Snowshoeing in the sunshine

Our snowshoeing holiday last week was a great success and I'm pleased to say we snowshoed under blue skies and sunshine every day. I don't think any of us were expecting to snowshoe in t-shirts but we did on several of the days - what a treat! Snow conditions in the Pyrenees aren't the best this winter as we've had a high-pressure system sitting over us for over a month, meaning just sunshine...

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Snowshoeing holidays and new travel rules

Snowshoeing holidays and new travel rules

Happy New Year to all of our friends and readers! Yesterday, the three kings visited every child in Spain and the Christmas celebrations here are finally coming to an end. The New Year bought good news for British holidaymakers, with a relaxing of travel rules...

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A weekend snowshoeing

A weekend snowshoeing

With the fantastic snow in the Pyrenees at the moment, last weekend I took Isabel and Christopher on their first snowshoeing trip and also went out with Gustavo up Pelopin. Christopher was desperate to go snowshoeing with me last winter, but his feet are too small for...

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Snow in the Pyrenees

Snow in the Pyrenees

Since Christmas, we've had a huge amount of snow in the Pyrenees and even down at Biescas, we had huge falls of snow every day between Christmas and New Year. It made everything look very Christmassy which was nice as this has been a holiday without as much Christmas...

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Two great snowshoeing holidays

Two great snowshoeing holidays

It's hard to believe with the current chaos in the world that only a few weeks ago we were out snowshoeing in the mountains and enjoying two great snowshoeing weeks! We had every weather condition imaginable from artic blizzards and whiteouts, to beautiful sunshine...

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Extra snowshoeing holiday dates

Extra snowshoeing holiday dates

Snowshoeing holiday: 7-14 March I’m delighted to say that our first snowshoeing holiday dates have been really popular and already full. We’ve several other people that would like to come, so we’re running a second holiday on the 7-14 March. The holiday will be based...

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First skiing and snowshoeing trips of the winter

First skiing and snowshoeing trips of the winter

Winter has arrived early in the Pyrenees and it’s been snowing for most of November in the mountains, right down to village level. Formigal and Astun ski stations both opened last Saturday (16th Nov) – I’ve never known them to open that early before. From today...

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A fantastic week of snowshoeing

A fantastic week of snowshoeing

Last week we ran our first snowshoeing holiday and it was a brilliant week with excellent routes, fantastic views and sunshine every day! We did five routes during the week - three in the Valle de Tena, one from Somport and one in the Ordesa Valley. There were five...

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Snowshoeing holiday in the Pyrenees

Snowshoeing holiday in the Pyrenees

Next February we are running a guided snowshoeing holiday in the Valle de Tena. We've been asked about this lots of times by readers of the blog, so hopefully some of you will be able to come and join us for this advenure! Snowshoeing is brilliant fun and requires no...

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Snowshoeing from Cotefablo to Toronzué (2263m)

Snowshoeing from Cotefablo to Toronzué (2263m)

The great snow conditions continue in the Pyrenees and yesterday we got the snowshoes out. The weather didn't look that great up the valley so we headed across to Cotefablo - the pass halfway between Biescas and Ordesa/Torla. It's south of the high cliffs of the...

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