Snow Shoeing

Snowshoeing and Afghanistan

Snowshoe day trips out to Marcadau Valley and Hautacam Nov 2010.

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Let it snow….

 Last weekend brought us a much-needed and much-appreciated snowfall. Waking up to blue skies against the backdrop of freshly whitened summits, we couldn’t resist an outing…… 4-wheel drive pram ready and baby wrapped up, we left from our doorstep in the

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Bareges snow-shoeing

Sunday 24th Jan 2010 Yesterday we left from Barèges with admittedly un-bountiful snow cover but enough to put on our  snow shoes and climb up the path as far as « Chez Louisette ». Along the way we could see the numerous shepherds’

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Encantats

Sacha and I have just come back from a fabulous reconnaissance trek on snow shoes in the Encantats (part of the Aigües Tortes National Park in Spain).  We were blessed with 5 days of pure blue skies, pure powder snow and

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Great Winter Photos

I’ve just found some fabulous photos of a ski touring trip up into the Marcadau and Oulettes valleys above Cauterets.  They are on the blog of Philippe Quaglia, which is found here. Mandy’s Marcadau hut trip up to Refuge Wallon and

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Hautacam

We made the most of the fresh powder with a snow-shoe afternoon to the spectacular heights of “Hautacam” (high place in local dialect). With Sian from the Templiers and a group of keen Australians who had never tried such an activity

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School snow shoe outing

I was out in the mountains this week with a group of 10 year olds for a « classe de neige ». Oh joy to be in the mountains instead of in the classroom!  They were full of beans as we put on

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Nature this month

Mandy took our friend Hamish out for a snowshoe on the Hautacam ridge.  From here you have spectacular views of the higher peaks of the Pyrenees, and you can also see the plain around Tarbes.  Its the perfect birds-eye view of

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