N-PY have announced that the Grand Tourmalet ski resort will open this Thursday 6 December at 9am. MountainBug can offer ski accommodation from Saturday 15 December. Beat the crowds – come and ski with the locals before Christmas.
Last night and this morning Bareges received over 10cm – the first snow to truly settle in the village this season. With this much snow down here, you can imagine what it is like in the resort. Check out our Facebook page (MountainBug) as we’ll be updating it regularly with photos and news as we […]
Skiers! Want to take your skiing to the next level? Join us for a week’s off-piste skiing, January 19 to the 26. You’ll spend 5 days with an instructor, learning/perfecting your off-piste technique the best way possible – by going off-piste. You’ll explore the beautiful, remote, winter Pyrenees and also tackle the famous Pic du […]
The snow has been here on the peaks for a few weeks now and it keeps coming…at the moment the freezing level keeps rising during the day so by the time we get our cameras out, the snow line has risen. This weekend they are forecasting over 12cm of snow at between 1450m-1800m (the resort […]
The Guardian, is a national UK newspaper, which every week has a “Readers Tips” travel section. This Saturday, over their breakfasts, the people of the UK got to read about where’s great for skiing and winters-sports…and we are in there! http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/oct/26/skiing-winter-sports-snowboarding-resorts Thank you to our guests for all your support. For a small, independent business […]
This morning the Tour de France 2013 route was announced at a Press Conference in Paris. After teasing us all with speeches and an excellent montage film of the highlights of the 2012 Tour (is it just us who still get goosebumps watching Mark Cavendish win on the Champs Elysees and Wiggo take the crown?), […]
The Grand Tourmalet (Bareges-La Mongie) ski resort is scheduled to open on the 24 November 2012. In preparation, NPY (the company who own the lifts and pistes) have made even more improvements to the resort: there have been works on the Beaute and Marmotte pistes, including 42 additional snow-cannons this means most of the on-piste […]
There are several ways to get to the Pyrenees by plane. Ryanair have now published their winter timetable, flying on Saturdays and Tuesdays from London Stansted to Lourdes and back again. Perfect for long weekend breaks in the snow! EasyJet fly from Bristol and Gatwick to Toulouse. There are other airports that service the French […]
Last week our most international walking group yet (Dutch, French, British and Australian, with 4 languages between them), headed off on our three day Gavarnie and Ordesa trek. The hike began at the Col des Tentes, above the Cirque de Gavarnie, in the French High Pyrenees. We traversed on the French side above Gavarnie for […]
As the Autumn colours start to come through, last week’s Discoverer guided walking holiday culminated in the three day trek round the Neouvielle Lakes. This mini-trek involves ascents of over 1000 metres, walking up to 15km a day, a couple of optional peak ascents, 2 nights in different refuges, and an impromptu lake-side fitness class… […]