Winter in the Pyrenees is far from quiet. From snowshoe guiding and avalanche training to route planning and designing new itineraries, discover what the Hike Pyrenees team does behind the scenes.
What do we do in winter?
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The Pyrenees Articles
Grenache wine tasting
Our good friends George and Annie ran a wine tasting - or a cata as they are called in Spanish - in their village hall last week. They run wine tastings quite regularly, Annie puts on a great buffet and it's always a fun evening. George has lived in Spain for over 35...
Ski touring afternoon to Col des Moines
Last week we had a beautiful afternoon of ski touring with my American friend Nick. After a period of bad weather and snow, some sun shining days always come in our mountains!! Starting from Astún ski resort in Aragon Valley, we chose to follow one classical summer...
Quebrantahuesos bike race 2016
Quebrantahuesos is a huge bike race in the Pyrenees that shares its name with our famous Lammergeier vulture which is called 'Quebrantahuesos' in Spanish or the 'bone-crusher'! It's a appropriate name for this beast of a race which is 200km, crosses three big cols and...
A great season – Many thanks!
Well, we can't believe it, another hiking season at Hike Pyrenees has come to an end! It's been a superb season with beautiful weather including the heat wave near the beginning of the season. We've found some great swimming holes, had some superb raptor sightings,...
The Pyrenees through September
September here is a beautiful month. The villages are winding down after a busy August and we start waking up to fresh crisp mornings. The leaves on the trees start to change colour and the hill sides turn a mixture of orange and red. We've even had a dusting of snow...
Mountaineering in the Pyrenees: 25 Classic Mountain Routes
Not only do I enjoy long and strenuous treks in the high mountains, I enjoy mountaineering in almost, if not all it's forms, from bouldering, through to sport climbing, ski touring, alpine climbing, and climbing in the Greater Ranges. Enjoying all these disciplines...
August with Hike Pyrenees
We hope everybody had an ejoyable August what ever you got up to, we certainly did! The sun continued to shine here as we welcomed more guests to the beautiful Pyrenees, many of which have already decided they want to come back! In amongst our guided holidays, Phil,...
Sunny July, hiking in the Pyrenees
Once more we have reached the end of another busy and enjoyable month here in the Pyrenees and we really do need to ask our selves where has this month gone! It's been fantastic to see familiar faces returning for their 2nd, 3rd or even 4th holiday with us and we've...
A busy June hiking in the Pyrenees
It's been a super busy start to the season which is why we've been a bit quiet here on the blog page! We hit the ground running (or should we say guiding!) towards the end of May and haven't stopped. Below is a selection of our favourite photo's from our different...