Clip on your snowshoes for an epic winter trek through the cols and cliffs of Aigüestortes National Park
Soak your aches away in the healing sulfur waters of Bagnères-de-Luchon’s thermal baths
Bed down in a high Alpine refuge deep in the mountains and fuel up on traditional tapas
Day 1
Your host will meet you on arrival at Toulouse Airport and transfer you to the mountain town of Bagnères-de-Luchon, where you’ll have your first views of the snow-covered Pyrenees. Settle into your guesthouse then get to know your guide and fellow adventurers over dinner and hear all about the winter adventure ahead.
Day 2
After breakfast, you’ll leave France behind and drive to the Spanish side of the Pyrenees, Val d’Aran. It's then time to don your snowshoes and head up through the snow-covered Aiguamox valley. You’ll stop for a hot drink at the Banhs de Tredòs before continuing through the pine forests to reach the Refuge de Colomèrs (2,135m), located next to the frozen Lac Major de Colomèrs and surrounded by jagged white peaks. Settle in for a cosy evening and dinner at the mountain refuge.
Day 3
Enjoy breakfast at the refuge before wrapping up and venturing out into the crisp winter air. It'll be another big day on the snow as you continue to explore this stunning landscape. You'll leave the lake behind and climb upwards by the remote pass to the Col de Colomèrs, topping out at 2,605m. With incredible panoramas all around, you’ll be surrounded by sharp peaks and blue tarns. Get your fill of views, then make your way slowly back to the refuge for a hearty meal, a glass of wine and a good night’s sleep.
Day 4
Rise and shine for your final day of snowshoeing. You’ll start by zigzagging past lakes and pine forests, which open up to reveal the magnificent views from this stunning route. Continue your way down into the forest until reaching the valley floor where you'll unclip your snowshoes, jump in the van and transfer back to Bagnères-de-Luchon in France. In the evening you'll head out for a celebratory team dinner at a local fondue restaurant.
Day 5
Spend the morning easing those tired muscles in Bagnères-de-Luchon’s thermal baths and hot springs. After a good soak or a stroll through town, it's time to head home. Your transfer will pick you up from your guesthouse and transfer you to Toulouse airport in time for your onward journey.
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Snowshoeing is a type of hiking that uses a special type of footwear - a snowshoe - to spread your weight over a larger area to help you move easily across snow-covered terrain. While today's snowshoes look modern, snowshoeing has actually played a vital role in mountain life for centuries, with traders and trappers using early wooden incarnations of snowshoes to move freely through the wilderness.
Snowshoeing is incredibly easy, comfortable, and safe. You simply clip your snowshoe to the outside of your hiking boot and off you go. You'll be in the hands of local, experienced, and trained mountain guides who know the area intimately and will guide you safely throughout the hike.
Tips are not included in the trip cost. These are entirely at your discretion and are non-compulsory on this trip. Of course, if you feel that your guides provided an exceptional experience then you are welcome to tip as much as you feel is appropriate. You should factor in tipping 10% on top of the bill in any bars and restaurants during the trip.
The water in the Pyrenees is safe to drink and you are able to fill up freely at the refuge and guesthouse that you stay at. Make sure to bring a couple of 1-litre reusable drinking bottles or a bladder.
Absolutely, you can leave anything you don't need at the guesthouse in Bagnères-de-Luchon at the start on your trip. You'll carry your own bag up to the mountain hut so we recommend packing light.
Sure can! Over 70% of our travellers travel solo, it’s a great way to meet like-minded people.
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We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre program, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity.
What's the number?
It works out on average at 66kg of CO2 emissions per person, including all local transport, accommodation, food, activities, guides, staff and office operations.
The only thing it doesn’t include right now is flights and travel to the destination. We do make an overall estimate across all our customers separately, but as we don’t book flights, have customers from all corners of the world, and no way of reliably knowing their travel plans, we simply can’t include an individual number in the figure on display here. We’ve got a goal to fix that, so that when you book, there is a way to measure and mitigate the carbon emitted by your flight too.
But what does the number mean?
Yep, hard to picture eh? To give you an idea:
What are we doing about it?
Our trips are relatively low-carbon by design, and we're working with all our hosts to develop long term carbon reduction plans. We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity, ensuring the protection of the reserve and its wildlife.
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Amazingly, no international travel company has ever publicly published their carbon measurements before, as far as we know. We believe that must change, quickly. So we’re openly sharing the method we used in the hope that other companies will be able to more easily follow suit and build on what we've done so far. You'll find it all here.
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