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!
Valle de Tena Explorer: sunshine, wildflowers and mountain adventures
We had some great early season weather on our Valle de Tena Explorer trip last week. It’s always a delight to welcome people to our home village of Biescas. The wildflowers are simply stunning this season and at this time of year we’ve the trails to ourselves and the mountain tops are still white with snow.
Great skiing at Panticosa
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…
Tapas Competition in the Valle de Tena
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…
Brecha de Roland and Taillon (3147m)
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…
Summer 2014 walking holiday brochure
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…
First snowshoe trip of the season
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…
Thanks for a great summer
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…
London Stansted to Zaragoza flights on sale
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…
Rabada and Navarro
Alberto Rabadá and Ernesto Navarro are two of Aragon’s best known and finest climbers, climbing many bold new routes before coming to a tragic end on the north face of the Eiger in 1963. Alberto have already gained a reputation as an excellent climber with the…
Join Our Newsletter
Get updates when we publish new blog articles and information about the Pyrenees
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