Option: accompanied snowshoeing or mountaineering

If you’d like to enjoy the fresh air and discover new scenery and sensations, you can extend your experience with a snowshoe walk or an introduction to mountaineering (optional). Wearing your snowshoes, your mountain leader will lead you away from the most popular routes, towards some very beautiful, wild and spectacular itineraries. If you’d like to try your hand at mountaineering, your guide will teach you how to put on crampons, move around in the snow, rope up and stop a fall on a snow-covered slope.

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Snowshoeing in the Cirque de Gavarnie
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Agence Touristique des Vallées de Gavarnie - Pierre Meyer

Duo skiing in 2 resorts

Initiated by a Pyrenean

At Luz Ardiden - Grand Tourmalet

Here’s a great ski weekend with an extra soul! The sheep’s bells ring out in the sheepfold as Patrick, a Toy farmer, welcomes you to his guest house. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, and the food smells of local Pyrenean produce. It’s the ideal base for exploring the exceptional mountain scenery of the Pays Toy, visiting the Grand Tourmalet and Luz Ardiden ski resorts, and discovering the grandiose Cirque de Gavarnie in all its icy glory.

From

310 €

per person

3 days

3 nights

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The price includes

3 nights’ accommodation in a Gîtes de France 3 épis bed and breakfast, including breakfast and dinner
2-day ski pass for Luz Ardiden and/or Grand Tourmalet (your choice)
Optional: 1 day’s snowshoe trekking with a mountain guide (snowshoes provided) in the Cirque de Gavarnie-Unesco or 1 day’s introduction to mountaineering with a mountain guide.

You’ll love

2 ski resorts = 2 types of skiing
The scenery and thrills of the Cirque de Gavarnie Unesco
The charm of a Pyrenean village
A warm welcome from your host

Optional: 1 day snowshoe trekking with a mountain guide (snowshoes provided) in the Cirque de Gavarnie-Unesco or 1 day introduction to mountaineering with a mountain guide.

programme

On the programme for your stay

3 days / 3 nights

Arrival day

You arrive and settle into your pretty guest room in a mountain village. For dinner, Patrick will introduce you to products from the family farm.

Continuation of the holiday

A day’s skiing for two

After breakfast, you’re off to ski the slopes of Luz Ardiden and its 3 ski areas, Aulian, Bédéret and Combe de Piet. Your spatulas will take you from panoramic ridges to wide, sunny slopes, passing by the restaurant at the foot of the pistes for a lunch break on the terrace. Thrill-seekers can venture to the snowpark or the Bernazaou off-piste area.

At the end of the day, you can return to the warm, friendly atmosphere of your guest room and its fine dining.

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Skiing down a red run at Luz Ardiden resort
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NPY - Paul Quintana

Skiing at the Grand Tourmalet

After breakfast, you’ll head to the Grand Tourmalet, the largest ski area in the French Pyrenees. Straddling the famous Col du Tourmalet, at the foot of the famous Pic du Midi, the scenery is ever-changing and panoramic. Enjoy the wide slopes, passing through beautiful blue and red runs in the forest.

For dinner, treat yourself to the delicious produce from the family farm.

Option: accompanied snowshoeing or mountaineering
If you’d like to enjoy the fresh air and discover new scenery and sensations, you can extend your experience with a snowshoe walk or an introduction to mountaineering (optional).
Wearing your snowshoes, your mountain leader will lead you away from the most popular routes, towards some very beautiful, wild and spectacular itineraries. If you’d like to try your hand at mountaineering, your guide will teach you how to put on crampons, move around in the snow, rope up and stop a fall on a snow-covered slope.

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Julie, creator of holidays and breaks in the Hautes-Pyrénées

As an adventurer and lover of the great outdoors, I specialise in holidays that are full of emotion! Don’t hesitate to contact me to adapt this holiday. See you soon in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

Julie Richard

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stations

Your ski resorts

the mountain spirit

The Grand Tourmalet

Le Grand Tourmalet is the largest ski area in the French Pyrenees. On one side, the La Mongie massif, at the foot of the slopes; on the other, the Barèges massif and the atmosphere of an authentic Pyrenean village. With the Pic du Midi in its domain, and its freeride descent, the Grand Tourmalet guarantees great skiing.

In a nutshell

54 runs – 100 km (12 green, 23 blue, 15 red, 4 black)
1 fun area
6 mountain restaurants
1 spa centre
The Pic du Midi freeride descent (1,700 m vertical drop)

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Lunch at l'Étape du Berger, in the Grand Tourmalet ski area
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Catherine Sempe

Luz Ardiden

Luz Ardiden is a young and friendly resort. With its 3 ski areas, Aulian, Bédéret and Combe de Piet, the resort offers a rich and varied ski area, not forgetting the Bernazaou off-piste run with its 1250m vertical drop. The village of Luz-Saint-Sauveur has an authentic setting and a festive atmosphere, making it an ideal base camp!

In a nutshell

32 runs – 60 km (4 green, 9 blue, 14 red, 5 black)
1 snowpark and 1 freeride area
1 beginners’ area
2 mountain restaurants
1 spa centre
Bernazaou off-piste (1,250 m vertical drop)

accommodation

Your accommodation

Gîtes de France bed and breakfast in Viella

Just like homeAuberge De Viella

Between Barèges and Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Patrick offers 3 pretty guest rooms. The house faces the Pyrenees; from the windows, you can see the Ardiden and below, the Château Sainte Marie. You’ll love the attention to detail in the decor and furnishings, the delicate wooden headboards and the spacious bedrooms, which become family rooms under the timber-framed roof space.

Table sideLocal products

Your host Patrick is first and foremost a farmer and stockbreeder, proud of his origins, and here they show as soon as you walk through the door. At the table, Patrick will introduce you to products from the family farm: crispy grilled chops to enjoy with your fingers, pâtés, sausages and ham to accompany large slices of farmhouse bread.

DiscoverYour home

Your guest room has 3 different bedrooms, a relaxation and reading area with television, parking and a table d’hôtes. Your “Iris” room has a 180cm bed, a mezzanine with two 90cm beds, a shower room and separate toilet.

budget

Budget

The estimated budget for this stay is €310 per person.

Included in this suggestion :

3 nights’ accommodation in a Gîtes de France 3 épis bed and breakfast on a half-board basis
2-day ski pass for Luz Ardiden or Grand Tourmalet (your choice)

Optional: 1 day snowshoe trekking with a mountain guide (snowshoes provided) in the Cirque de Gavarnie-Unesco or 1 day introduction to mountaineering with a mountain guide.

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Just give us a call and we’ll organise everything for you: a cosy residence at a good price, a good address for dinner, a snowshoe walk with a guide, a hot bath in the open air, a dog-sledding trip… And we’ll share our tips with you to make sure your holiday is like no other.

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