by Phil | Jan 21, 2022 | Hike pyrenees guides, Pyrenees, The Pyrenees, Winter
Last week I finally got the skis out and headed out ski touring with our guide David. We’ve had beautiful sunny weather pretty much all January and this day was no different with brilliant blue skies overhead. We headed up to the Spanish-French border at...
by Phil | Jan 15, 2021 | Pyrenees, Skiing, Winter
With the perfect snow conditions we’ve got in the Pyrenees at the moment we’ve headed to the ski resort of Astun a couple of times in January – once on my own and once with the kids. Astun is in the Valle de Aragon, north of Jaca, right on the...
by Phil | Dec 15, 2020 | Hike pyrenees guides, Pyrenees, Skiing, The Pyrenees, Valle de Tena, Winter
Last weekend, I got the skis out for the first time this season. We’ve had some really heavy snow here in the Pyrenees over the last ten days, but Sunday was one of the first clear days to get out and enjoy it. The first winter outing of the season –...
by Phil | Nov 22, 2019 | Pyrenees, Skiing, Snowshoeing, The Pyrenees, 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...
by Phil | Jan 10, 2018 | Skiing, The Pyrenees
With the holidays over, the tourists gone and the pistes empty once again I headed up to Formigal yesterday for my first days skiing of the season. We’ve had a lot of snow over the Christmas period – a couple of really big dumps but mixed in with a few...