Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Rising above the plains of Huesca, the Castle of Loarre is one of Europe’s best-preserved Romanesque fortresses. Built at the frontier of the early Kingdom of Aragon and later used as a filming location for Kingdom of Heaven, Loarre stands at the gateway to the Sierra de Guara — a landscape best explored on foot, where history, geology and walking trails come together naturally.
Up at Formigal on Wednesday - great conditions with plenty of fresh snow. The Sextas area was as good as I've seen it this season and the fabulous Bosque run is open. Plenty of powder on some pistes particularly at Tres Hombres. A lot of wind slab particularly on...
Taking a cross country skiing course up at the Balneario de Panticosa at the moment. Saturday was the first class and it was snowing quite heavily which made it really pretty. There are three pistes there ranging from a beginners green run of 1.5km to the red run of...
Skied at Panticosa today - snow was superb. Best I've seen this season with loads of light powder off piste. Usually I ski at Formigal which is bigger but today Panticosa was bathed in sun and looked really inviting so turned off and headed there. It's a really pretty...
This weekend and last weekend there's been a tapas competition running along the length of the Valle de Tena. These are increasingly popular in the area and great fun as they involve plenty of eating and drinking! Nearly every bar has two speciality tapas entered into...
Took a trip to Ordesa with Fabian at the weekend to visit the Brecha de Rolando and climb Taillon - a 3000 metre peak on the border. I'd been wanting to do this hike for ages and the great weather we've been having recently gave us the perfect opportunity. The Brecha...
The Hike Pyrenees summer 2014 brochure is now available - order your copy or read the online version. Next summer we've a new holiday in the Western Pyrenees exploring the Navarran Pyrenees. It's a two centre guided holiday and we'll hike in the Valle de Salazar and...
It's been snowing heavily over the last week in the Pyrenees and yesterday got out on the snowshoes for the first time this season with Rafa and Emilio. We headed up to the ski station of Formigal and set out from there. Sunny lower down but cloudy with a freezing...
Phil, Anna, Ken & Hannah would like to say a big thank you to all of our guests that made this summer such an excellent and memorable season for Hike Pyrenees. It makes our hiking a pleasure when we've such great and friendly guests - we hope you enjoyed the...
Flights from London Stansted to Zaragoza for summer 2014 are now on sale at Ryan Air. Generally flights are cheaper the earlier you book them - at the moment flights start from around £65 each way depending on dates - so why not book your holiday now and benefit from...