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**Work on your skills and climb high mountain peaks on this introductory mountaineering weekend course in the amazing Aigüestortes National Park!**

**In the heart of the Pyrenees** and with nearly 200 lakes, the Aigüestortes National Park offers a unique landscape. You can practice a wide range of outdoor activities in this wild mountain region the whole year round, but mountaineering is one of the best ways to discover the wonders of this beautiful Spanish location.

On this program, we’ll spend two days in this spectacular National Park. We will learn the essentials of alpine mountaineering including proper use of equipment and how to put into practice some orientation techniques. **Our starting point will be at the Sallente Reservoir**, located in the Fosca Valley. Then, we will cross the upper part of this beautiful valley and spend the night at the **Colomina Hut**. **We will walk between 6-7 hours each day.**

I will be happy to teach you the skills you need to climb this peak. Of course, I will be there through and through to make sure you are safe and also enjoy the trip to the fullest!

**So, are you ready to learn the fundamentals of mountaineering? Then send a request and prepare for this unforgettable adventure in the amazing Aigüestortes National Park!**

If you want to learn about mountaineering, then join UIMLA-certified guide Joel on this introductory course in the Aigüestortes National Park!

Intro to Mountaineering in the Aigüestortes National Park. 2-day trip. UIMLA guide

http://www.7pobles.com/curs-diniciacio-al-muntanyisme-parc-nacional-daiguestortes-i-estany-de-sant-maurici/

Intro to Mountaineering in the Aigüestortes National Park

**Join Joel, UIMLA certified Mountain Leader, on this amazing 4-day trail running journey on the Carros de Foc trail, connecting all 9 mountain huts in spectacular Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici National Park in Catalunya, Spain.**

The Carros de Foc itinerary is a circular 76-km route that links all of the huts in Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici, a wild and pristine mountainous National Park dotted with over 200 lakes and countless rivers, located just 3,5 hours by car northwest of Barcelona in the stunning  central Pyrenees.

Some of the fascinating places we will come across on our journey are: Sant Maurici lake, the peaks of Els Encantats and Les Agulles d’Amitges, the Circ de Colomers lake, the valley of Monestero, the Besiberri massif and an infinity of other lakes and peaks.

We will be sleeping in 3 different mountain huts where we’ll be able to rest and refill our energy reserves with the delicious food prepared by the huts’ staff who will make us feel right at home. During the day and as long as the route schedules allow it, we’ll also be doing map and compass orientation practices, with and without GPS.

**If you have good physical and aerobic conditions, love mountain environments and want to get into multi-day trail running, this is the perfect trip for you! Request to book now and enjoy the challenge of this spectacular 4-day trail running experience with 4.900m accumulated vertical gain in the beautiful Pyrenees!**

If youre new to hiking in the mountains and would like to take a beginners course in this amazing National Park, check out [this other great trip](https://www.explore-share.com/trip/intro-mountaineering-aiguestortes-national-park/) I’m offering.

We’ll meet at 8:30 AM in Boí at the 4×4 transfers offices of the National Park (right next to  
the Romanesque church). Under the square there is a large car parking where you can leave your vehicle.

From here, we will travel with the Park’s vehicles to the starting point of our route, Embassament de Cavallers (approx 15 minutes). This is where our trail running journey begins: we will cover 5,6 km of approximation to the Ventosa i Calvell hut, with 530m of vertical gain.

Approximation from Embassament de Cavallers to Ventosa i Calvell hut.

Distance: 20km

Vertical gain/loss: +1500m/-1300m

Refugi Ventosa i Calvell – Refugi de Colomina.

Distance: 21 km

Vertical gain/loss: +1290/-1320

Refugi de Colomina- Refugi d’Amitges

Distance: 23,5 km (+5,6 km to Embassament de Cavallers)

Vertical gain/loss: +1590m/-1760m (and another -530 m to Embassament de Cavallers)

Possibility of spending one more night in Ventosa and Calvell hut.

A transfer will be waiting for us at Embassament de Cavallers to take us back  to our initial meeting spot in front of the National Park offices in Boí.

Refugi d’Amitges- Refugi Ventosa – Embassament de Cavallers

Join Joel, UIMLA certified mountain leader, on a beautiful 4-day hut-to-hut trail running trip in Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici National Park in Catalunya, Spain.

4-Day Hut-To-Hut Trail Running in Aigüestortes i Estany of Saint Maurici National Park. 3-day trip. UIMLA guide

4-Day Hut-To-Hut Trail Running in Aigüestortes i Estany of Saint Maurici National Park

**Join Joel, UIMLA-certified Mountain Leader, on this amazing 2-day trail running experience linking the 7 villages within Tinença de Benifassá Natural Park, near Valencia.**

Between the regions of Els Ports and El Baix Maestrat is the Natural Park of La Tinença de Benifassà which covers much of the historic valencian comarque and offers beautiful mountainous terrain of great ecological value, where you can find abundance of wild black pines, big-leaf linden, beech trees as well as foxes, deers, boars, weasels and mighty golden eagles.

One of the best ways to discover and explore the area of Tinença de Benifassà is through the Route of the 7 Villages, which allows us to visit the most emblematic features of the Park. And one of the advantages of running this trail is that we will be able to cross landscapes and sights that would otherwise take days to explore.

The 7 villages we will go through are Boixar, Coratxà, Castell de Cabres, Bel, La Pobla de Benifassà, Ballestar and Fredes. On our way back we will go through stunning places like El Portell del Infern, Robert Salt, the hermitage of Sant Cristòfol and the beautiful Ulldecona reservoir.

We will spend 2 days running and spend the night at the Font Lluny lodge, in the village of Benifassá. The pace of the route will be approx. 5KMs/hour, the first stage being around 8 hours total including the stops and a similar time for the second stage. However, the pace will be adapted to the needs and conditions of the group and, if necessary, we can trim the route.

**Request to book this journey now to discover the history of each place, the anecdotes of each village; we will talk with local inhabitants, try the delicious cuisine and experience this magnificent natural environment which was declared a Natural Park in 2006.**

If you’re up for the challenge and think you can manage a longer, more demanding trail-running experience, you should definitely check out [this once-in-a-lifetime 4-day trip I’m also offering](https://www.explore-share.com/trip/4-day-hut-to-hut-trail-running-aiguestortes-i-estany-of-saint-maurici-park/), across a stunning National Park in Catalunya.

We’ll meet at Casa-Refugi el Boixar where you’ll receive all the details of our journey.

The first stage will be between Boixar and the village of Benifassá via Coratxá and Castell de Cabres. We will cover 40 KMs and 1500m of vertical gain.

We will spend the night in La Font Lluny lodge in Benifassá (Half-Board).

Boixar to Pobla de Benifassà

In this second stage we will cover 35 KMs an 2400m of vertical gain, significantly more than the first day.

Benifassá - Ballestar - Fredes- Boixar

Join Joel, UIMLA-certified Mountain Leader, on this gorgeous 2-day trail running experience linking the 7 villages within Tinença de Benifassá Natural Park near Valencia, Spain.

2-Day Trail Running the 7 Villages of Tinença de Benifassà National Park near Valencia. 2-day trip. UIMLA guide

2-Day Trail Running the 7 Villages of Tinença de Benifassà National Park near Valencia

**Join Joel, UIAGM-Certified Mountain Leader, on a breathtaking 2-Day Snowshoeing journey across the beautiful Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, in the heart of the central Pyrenees range.**

On this trip we will experience the essence of the high mountains in this gorgeous setting created by thousands of years of geological processes and glacial movements. Together we will explore on snowshoes the beauty of this Park, with its more than 200 lakes and countless rivers and waterfalls, all frozen and in their place, as well as dense fir forests covering more than 750 hectares in surface. All around us we’ll have immense snow-covered mountains, some above 3000m in height, and the occasional wildlife flying high above our trail.

The Park is located at the northernmost region of Catalunya, just 3,5 hours by car from Barcelona, and it is covers several old comarques such as Alta Ribagorça, Pallars Sobirà and Pallars Jussà which together form a continuous beautiful alpine landscape of mountains, valleys, lakes, forests and meadows.

**Request to book this trip now and I guarantee you’ll have a memorable alpine experience that will make you fall in love with the Pyrenees’ raw beauty and have you coming back time and time again for more beautiful winter adventures like this one.**

This National Park also has plenty of outdoor activities to offer in the spring, summer and fall! Check out [this amazing 4-day trail-running experience](https://www.explore-share.com/trip/4-day-hut-to-hut-trail-running-aiguestortes-i-estany-of-saint-maurici-park/) I’m offering!

We will meet at 10 Am in the village of Espot

The first day we will be covering 10,5 Kms (+3,2 Kms if the 4-wheel-drive transfers are not in service)

+650m of vertical gain

We will spend the night at Refugi del Gerdar lodge (Half-Board): €37 pp

First day

6 Kms

+300m of vertical gain

4×4 transfer back to the starting point: €5,25 pp

Second day

Join Joel, UIAGM-Certified Mountain Leader, on a breathtaking 2-Day Snowshoeing journey across the beautiful Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, in the heart of the central Pyrenees range.

2-Day Snowshoeing Trip in Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Catalunya. 2-day trip. UIMLA guide

2-Day Snowshoeing Trip in Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Catalunya

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