Walking
Trekking
Multi activity
Paragliding
Canyoning
Cycling
Family holidays
Skiing
Off-piste skiing
Ski touring
Snow shoeing
Ice
Spas
Snow report and events now on News

News & Happenings

LAST MINUTE cancellation: HRP guided trekking 16th-30th August 2008 - 1 place left! NEW: 1 week two-centre canyoning holiday in the French & Spanish Pyrenees 20-27th Sept. NEW: Our breathtaking Dolomites walking holidays are also finally here! Video by one of our guests:Snow shoeing on the Youtube site. UPDATED 2008 : Read our Visitors' Comments from the last three and a half years...

 

	July 21st 2008 The family holiday season begins in earnest, with our first Scottish and Norwegian families arriving for a multi activity adventure. An action-packed week of canyoning, paragliding, rafting, rock-climbing, mountain biking, hiking and via ferrata. Phew! A great weather forecast this week should mean the very best conditions for our dare-devil guests. The village and the Col du Tourmalet road is still bustling with cyclists after the Tour de France passed through on Bastille day last week. Fireworks and dancing in the evening made for a great party! The "Etape du Tour" passed through Bareges on its way to Hautacam the week before the Tour proper - over 8000 amateur riders attempting one of the most challenging stages of this year's Tour de France.
Camper vans awaiting the Tour		All change at the col!
Top of the long Tourmalet descent		Our keen kiwi supporters at the top
Etape du Tour, Bareges 6th July	Canyoning team, first week of July	Having a splashing time

Summer 2008 events - Fat Face photo shoot

Our first visitors of the Summer were a team of photographers and professional models, here in the Pyrenees to shoot the "Fat Face" Autumn catalogue in May. A hectic three days were spent chasing gaps in the weather to catch the models on their mountain adventure. Star of the shoot was a very special vintage mint-green 2CV, kindly loaned to us by a local resident and Citroen enthusiast. Look out for us (or our scenery at least!) in the Autumn/Winter Fat Face publicity.

Old bridge, Plateau de Saugee	Ballooning near Argeles-Gazost	Saugee, looking onto cirque de Gavarnie
James mountain boarding	Route de Bareges, Luz-St. Sauveur	Swimwear and the 2CV at Lac d'Estaing

Winter 2007-2008 round-up

We had a good Winter this year, with a very cool temperatures and big snowfalls during December giving us a great start to the season. The cool weather persisted through January, and while the emphasis during February was on beautiful, clear blue skies and sunshine rather than blizzards, the pistes remained in good condition throughout, thanks to the excellent network of snow cannons on all of the main axis runs. Mirroring the pattern of last year, fantastic snowfalls during March gave us a spectacular end to the season, and some great powder days, when we were lucky enough to be able to ski right back to our front door! The ski resort closed on 6th April, with acres of snow remaining on the slopes. The Winter ended for us the following week though, with our "Introduction to ski touring" week (5th-12th April), which was a big success, despite some rather mixed weather! Thanks very much to our guide, Henri, for his time and efforts getting us all out into the wild mountains. Bookings are already coming in for the 2009 holidays, and despite having only just packed away our skis, we can't wait until next Winter! Read our visitors' comments about our previous seasons.

Please visit our skiing page for more information about skiing in the Pyrenees.

Photos taken on our snowshoeing trip - 14th January 2008

Taking shelter - Cabanes d'Aoube	Snowy descent towards Bareges	Snowshoe tracks in virgin powder

Summer 2007 round-up

The Summer season closed after our final guided walking holiday in the first week of October, which was graced with some lovely weather and gorgeous Autumn colours, as well as the bizarre but very fun "lamb chop festival" in Luz-St. Saveur. Many of our trips were full last year, which was great news for us in our third Summer season. We had a real variety of people passing through our doors, and a good range of trips including all levels of walking holiday and some real excitement on the multi activity weeks. Our early-Summer walking holidays were particularly popular, with some beautiful weather and stunning Spring flowers, and our August multi activity holidays were a real hit with teenage families. Summer 2008 is already here, and our calendar is bulging again, with some new ideas planned, including our new HRP trek and a special canyoning week in September, as well as the old favourites. Please see below for our itinerary for Summer 2008.

Any questions about the Pyrenees or us you would like answering? Please mail us.

A selection of photos from our first multi activity week in June 2007

Refreshing dip!	Cave girls	Paragliding
Mountain biking with a view	Launch aborted	Tight exit!
Canyon traverse	Team shot	Lunch in the sunshine

.... and from several of our walking weeks in June and July

Lac de la Glere and the Pic de Neouvielle	Viscos ridge	Spanish frontier
Boys on film	Troumouse lakes	Airy pose
Don't follow my leader	Night night	Take refuge

Summer 2008 calendar

The Pyrenees holidays in italics are proposed but very much flexible. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have your own itinerary or dates to suggest. Drop us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as possible with all the information that you need.

**Accommodation-only for independent holiday makers is available throughout**

Paragliding

We are in regular contact with the Bareges paragliding school due to the popularity of their introductory tandem jumps, both in Summer and Winter. Indeed, we offer paragliding as part of our multi activity holiday package. We are now able to run training courses through the paragliding school - a week of training working towards your paragliding pilot's licence. Training is available for all levels of student from complete beginners to experienced pilots looking for an instructor's qualification.

Canyoning

Canyoning is growing in popularity as an exciting mountain sport, but we've been unable to find anyone who offers a dedicated canyoning holiday. We'll be putting this right with our "introduction to canyoning" shortbreak, and full-week two-centre holiday this September 20th-27th. The week-long trip will start at our base in Bareges, with an introduction to canyoning in the French gorges, before moving on to the fabulous Spanish canyons of the Sierra de Guara, for some classic descents and a real multi-cultural experience. Please express your interest ASAP ....