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1+ day Freeride skiing in Val d’Aran

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Join AEGM certified mountain guide Iraitz for a remarkable day ski touring in the stunning Pyrenees mountains with its deep powder snow!

Private

Pyrenees

1 Day

Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec

Occasional

Intermediate


Highlights

  • Discover the wonderful Val d'Aran region and the majestic Pyrenees mountains
  • Take advantage of deep powder snow and quality ski touring options
  • Join local and enthusiastic guides with many years experience in these mountains

Description

Val d’Aran is a real secret of Southern Europe, this magial alpine spot in the Pyrenees provides ski touring options of the highest quality!

A couple of hours drive from Toulouse, this fantastic location will charm and excite you.

Baqueria-Beret is the largest ski resort in Spain and you can expect ample deep powder snow with seemingly endless ski touring possibilities available from here.

This expansive mountain range has several peaks over 3000m and offers picturesque vistas one after the other. Gorgeous alpine forests, mountain lakes and glaciers adorn the landscape.

Speaking Catalan and Spanish, the local culture is distinct and charming. If you’re staying more than one day you can explore the interesting town of Vielha, which has good restaurants and quite a lively night life.

This region, like many high altitude areas, presents variable weather conditions. I will use the latest local weather news to decide where we can expect the best snow conditions.

You should have some freeriding experience to join this trip and a decent level of fitness.

If you think that exploring the stunning Val d’Aran region of the Pyrenees through ski touring would be exciting then sign up now because I can’t wait to share my passion with you!

This trip must be booked at least one month prior to the requested departure date.

Price includes

- Guiding fee


Details

Meeting point

Toulouse

About the guide

I'm an AEGM-certified mountain guide from Spain.

My work and my passion for the mountains have taken me all over the world.

I spent 8 years leaving in my van as a ski bum in La Grave, in the French Alps, enjoying the steep skiing there.

I also spent 5 years guiding ski touring, alpine climbing and rock climbing in Norway (Lofoten, Senja, Lyngen Alps, Kvaløya, Stetind), where you can feel the power of nature like in very few other places on Earth!

But it was in the Spanish Pyrennes, my own backyard, where I grew as a mountainer and skier. Here, you can enjoy some tapas and a good wine after a crazy heliski day!

You are very welcome to contact me to enjoy an amazing trip or adventure in the mountains!

Languages

French | English | Basque

Certificates

AEGM

Residence

La Grave, France


What people are saying about Explore-Share

Kumari Selvakumar

5.00

Sept 14, 2022

I’m extremely happy with the ease with which I could book via your site reliable and experienced guide. Thank you so very much, and I’ve started to recommend your site to my friends. Dimitris is not only an awesome guide, but a wonderful person who was always looking out to give me the best experience I can have when he found out how much I love climbing! He is the Best!

Niklas Warren

5.00

Sept 6, 2022

I am very pleased with Explore-Share! This was my first international climb, and the communication and response time were great. Herbie is a very skilled guide and very efficient. The entire booking process & payment was smooth. I will definitely use Explore-Share again. Thank you.

Greg

5.00

Aug 23, 2022

I was looking for a local guide for a hike I was planning and came across Explore-Share. They seemed to have good reviews and so decided to give them a try. The experience was very positive and completely happy with their service. I will be using them again for next trip.

Colin Finnegan

5.00

Aug 17, 2022

Easy to set up and find the perfect trip. Informative site that is easy to use. Guides are all great to work with and communicate all arrangements needed. As simple as can be!

Lesley Weber

4.00

July 16th, 2022

Thank you explore-share for a wonderful via feratta experience. We have been wanting to learn for a long time but don't have the facilities in Scotland. The guide Mitja was extremely helpful and knowledgeable, answering all my many questions and providing advice. On the day head to take another group but he quickly arranged another guide Borut, who was brilliant. We had a fantastic morning learning via ferrata at Hvadnik in the gorge. It gave us the confidence to later hire our own equipment and go out in Mojstrana. Altogether a five star + experience. Thank you.

Richard Scrivener

5.00

July 20, 2022

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Yvonne Morrison

4.00

May 8, 2022

Our first time with Explore-Share. An absolutely fantastic experience from start to finish. Extremely good value, very well organised with attention to detail. We travel widely and this has by far been the best of experiences. Well done to all concerned. We are already looking at booking another trip!

Mark Stone

5.00

April 14, 2022

Great service by explore share. Our guide, Fred, gave us a fantastic day. Totally wild adventure that would be impossible on our own. I’m really impressed. Thank you very much.

James Dempster

5.00

March 9, 2022

I can’t recommend this enough. Great service, great price and the on the ground team was top notch. Top marks all round.

Leonardo Rodriguez

5.00

March 4, 2022

Everything went very well! Above our expectations! Thanks Explore-Share and Thanks Kiliholidays! Great support from all you! Thanks for the hard work and excellent level of commitment.

Daniel Martinez

5.00

Feb 2, 2022

Excellent job making your platform available to all mountain lovers. Our guide Gabrielle was an excellent companion

 

 

 

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