Blogging from the Pyrenees
Phil & Anna have been living in the Pyrenees for over 17 years and love the culture, wildlife and mountains here. We run Hike Pyrenees, which organises guided and self guided hiking holidays in the Pyrenees and other areas of Spain. Our blog tells about our adventures hiking, snowshoeing and skiing in the Pyrenees and we hope to explain some of the fascinating flora, fauna and history of the area. We hope you enjoy reading!
Breaking news: We’ve won a Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award!
We’re proud to share that we’ve been awarded the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award for 2026. Last year, you left us 134 reviews, with an average rating of 5 stars, with over 99% reviews being 5 star! Thanks to all of you who left reviews – it’s much appreciated and really helps us. It’s very rewarding to read all your lovely comments and see how much you enjoy your holidays with us and the company of our wonderful guiding team.
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...
Wild boar in the Pyrenees
Rarely seen but never far away whilst out hiking are the wild boar or as the locals would call them -'Jabali'. Much to my delight at the beginning of September this year I had a guiding 'first' whilst hiking with Tom, George, Clare and Cynthia high above the Ordesa...
Hannah & Ken’s Scottish winter
Whilst guiding for Hike Pyrenees through the summer we are often asked ''what do you do through winter?'' Many of you know we live in Scotland and as the days draw in and the temperature starts to drop, many people begin to feel a little sad, but not us; winter is our...
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...
More snakes in the Pyrenees
Rosie living on the French side of the Pyrenees near Canigou wrote to us recently with a snake identification question. She'd found one in her house and managed to get this picture! It's a little bit difficult to identify it without seeing its head but we think it's a...
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...
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The Ordesa NP
Guide to hiking the spectacular canyons of the Ordesa National Park
Pyrenees butterflies
Gallery of the spectacular butterflies and moths we have in the Pyrenees
Village to Village
Hotel to hotel hiking in the high Pyrenees
Geology of the Pyrenees
Discover how the Pyrenean range was formed
Hike the GR11
A practical guide to hiking the GR11
Wildflowers
Discover the spectacular flora of the Pyrenees
Bearded vulture
This huge bone eating vulture is one of the Pyrenees emblamatic species