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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... |
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July
21st 2008 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. |
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Camper
vans awaiting the Tour |
All
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Top
of the long Tourmalet descent |
Our
keen kiwi supporters at the top |
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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.
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| Old bridge, Plateau de Saugee | Ballooning near Argeles-Gazost | Saugee, looking onto cirque de Gavarnie |
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| 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
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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
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Refreshing
dip! |
Cave girls |
Paragliding |
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Mountain
biking with a view |
Launch
aborted |
Tight
exit! |
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Canyon
traverse |
Team shot |
Lunch
in the sunshine |
.... and from several of our walking weeks in June and July
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| Lac de la Glere and the Pic de Neouvielle | Viscos
ridge |
Spanish
frontier |
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Boys on
film |
Troumouse
lakes |
Airy pose |
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Don't follow
my leader |
Night night |
Take refuge |
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**
| Dates 2008 | Euros p/p | Approx price in £ | Activity | |
| July | 19 | 490 € | £377 | Accommodation-only 1 place remaining female share for independent walkers, cyclists etc. |
| 26 | 1015 € | £780/377 | Multi activity or accommodation-only (1015/490 euros) 1 place remaining female share | |
| August | 2 | 775 € | £595 | FULL - Family multi activity holiday |
| 9 | 975/680 € | £523 | Multi activity or Intermediate guided walking | |
| 16 | 715/1400 € | £550/1100 | FULL - HRP guided trekking (Pyrenean Haute Route 2 weeks Lescun-Luchon) | |
| 16 | 490 € | £375 | Accommodation-only 2 places remaining for independent walkers, cyclists etc. | |
| 23 | 975/680 € | £750 | Multi activity or Intermediate guided walking | |
| 30-2 | 180 € | £138 | Accommodation-only 3 night short break SPECIAL OFFER 180 € | |
| September | 6 | 665 € | £512 | FULL - Gentle guided walking |
| 13 | 680 € | £523 | Intermediate guided walking | |
| 20 | 975 € | £750 | Canyoning - 2 centre beginning in France and ending in Spain | |
| 27 | 680 € | £523 | FULL - Intermediate guided walking - Gavarnie & Ordesa | |
| October | 4 | 680 € | £523 | Intermediate guided walking |
Accommodation-only is available
throughout, priced at 490 euros per person
per week on a half-board basis |
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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 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 ....
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