Fantastic early season snow, and SPECIAL OFFERS for Christmas and January!

The slopes are just waiting to open on the 30th November
Rob is off out on his touring skis even sooner...

Winter has got off to a great start, with over 50cm of snow falling this week in Bareges, 1250m, and even more on the upper slopes. With more snow forecast over the next couple of days, it looks like the resort should be opening as previewed on the 30th November with excellent snow cover.

To make the most of the excellent early-season snow, and quiet pistes before the February holidays get going, we are offering the following special offers at Chalet Les Cailloux:

Christmas week 21-28th December: 10% discount, SAVE 60 € per person. Price now 535 € pp half board based on 2 sharing, 475 € per person for triple room share

This morning's conditions La Mongie side 21/11/13
Too much to take pics of Bareges side obviously!!

January special offer, from 4th Jan onwards: 10% discount, SAVE 50 € per person. Now 445 € per person half board, or just 395 € per person for family accommodation and groups of 8 or more

Please note that accommodation is no longer available at the Hotel du Tourmalet.

Spring in the Pyrenees. The first trips of Spring/Summer 2013

It is all go for the summer season already, our guided program started on the 19th with our expert guide Julian taking the 1st Spanish Pyrenees trip of the season in the province of Aragon. This week we are running our first Taster week from Bareges and the new Cathar country walk is off to good start with spectacular weather over in the Eastern Pyrenees.

Wandering down from Bareges to Luz-st Sauveur

Following the incredible amounts of snow this last winter (world number one ski resort for snow depth for several weeks...), spring has been a little slow to come but the results are now amazing and just in time for our lucky Australian/American group with me on the Taster trip.

Bareges valley greening up nicely with the currently impassable Col de Tourmalet behind.

Snow, ski and sun

The ski season is truly under way, with 20cm of fresh powder landing on the resort yesterday.

Our guests have been getting out enjoying the pistes. While all the locals are muttering about how busy it is, those who have worked or skied in other European ski areas are looking in disbelief and saying "Queuing for 10 minutes to get on a lift and ski down a piste with 5 people on it does not mean busy!". We are spoilt here!

While temperatures have dropped again, after a warm spell, the winter sun is shining providing clear, blue skies to ski under. Our first snow-shoeing holiday of the season starts on Saturday, so we are hoping the weather continues, so that our guests get good views of the mountain scenery.

As is traditional, January is a much quieter month, so if you want to enjoy out of season skiing and snowboarding, do come and join us. Take a look at our Special Offers page to see the discounts we are currently offering.

Finally, happy new year to all of our past, present and future guests. Here's to 2013 being a good one for all of us.

Library photo as we've not been able to get out yet!

The MountainBug team