Pyrenees Guide service: 145€ a day (single participant), +50€ a day (2nd participant), +30€ a day (3rd participant) + 10€ a day (next participants). Maximum group size: 9.

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Hiking, trekking and walking in the French Pyrenees mountains

( Carlit Massive, Eastern French Pyrenees)

Your dates

best period : from june,1 to july 14 : SPRING (AND MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT?) IN THE PYRENEAN PEAKS also nice in summer

Level of difficulty **, Landscape and photos ***, Wildlife ***, Flowers ***

Real trekking = hiking with rucksack and tent and only what one really needs up into the mountains, walking along less known paths only know by those shepherds and mountaineers that know and find them because they live here. Level can be adapted choosing other paths for families with kids.

For more comfortable but less adventurous made to measure hikes, treks or walks from hut to hut click here

This exciting spring trekking tour is the one to do if you can have the chance of a June vacation.

Hiking at this time in the Pyrenees mountains is most beautiful, the animals are not yet shy, flowers are blooming everywhere, the days are warm and long and there is still snow here and there.

We walk through beautiful and wild landscapes such as the protected nature reserves in the Carlit and Orlu massifs on either side of the Atlantic - Mediterranean water divide.

We start the hike from Lanous nature reserve and continue to an area of outstanding natural beauty and to nature reserves on the border of the French counties (departements) of Ariège and Eastern Pyrenees (taking in the peaks Orlu, Camporells and Lanous).

level : for hikers and learners who want to get to know the Pyrenees mountains inside out, who wish to experience the transition from spring to summer and to spend 2 weeks in the wilderness.
rhythm : around 6 hours walking per day, and after each 2 day's hiking a third day's hike from a base camp (with just a light rucksack) to explore in depth the local area, plus one complete rest day half way the tour.

Alpine flora in bloom is guaranteed, plus snow on high ground and the chance to observe chamois, mouflons and marmots, and to take some good nature photos. This trekking tour takes us by the most beautiful lakes and scenery in the Pyrenees mountains region between Carlit and Ax-les-Thermes. There are also a couple of bears living in the area we cross, and with a bit of luck we'll come find some of their tracks.

Day 1, 2 and 3 : In to the southern part of the Lanous Reserve :

Meeting point is Hospitalet près l'Andorre Railway station 9 o'clock (night train from Paris arrives here at 8)

Transfer by car to our starting point (1600M). Start to Garcie valley, Lake Coume d'Or, Lake Lanous (2230m)

Hiking through some wild lonely valleys now full of blooming flowers strolling trying not to scare the marmots - they just got their babies now.

Walking to even more beautiful views looking for a nice places to put up our tent somewhere underneath peak Castel Isard where live the chamois (called Isard here) near a lake or clear mountain stream.

As evening comes we go for a walk looking for chamois and moufflons (wild sheep) until the darks invites us to our tent.

Hiking along Lanous across some less know pass off the paths and along sheep trails to the blue lakes between peak de la coumetta d'Espagna and the Grave valley.

Day 4, 5 and 6: To the area of outstanding Natural Beauty (Site Classé) Camporelles :

Hiking landscape is different here looks more like a "canadian" mixture of high meadows, woods and hidden mountain lake. We camp near the calm and beautiful main lake or overnight in the open hut (2240M) here.

Climbing peak Peric (2810M), with just what we need for the day.

Exploring cool Cirque de Morties,(up to 2500M), de la Caiche pass, Estany del Diable the Devils Lake.

It's full of flowers here, this is really spring in the high mountain, lots of yellow, blue, white and some red flowers : pulsatilas, anemones, gentians and lesser know lilies and orchis.

In the higher valleys Chamois moms left the herd to get their lambs so we don't make to much noise, probably we're the only people walking up here now.

Guide service French Pyrenees mountains peak Canigou

Day 7, 8 and 9: Val de Galbe :

there still may be plenty of snow in the higher part almost like in winter but this is June.

Hiking along old almost forgotten paths on the mountain edge between the Orlu reserve and Val de Galbe climbing Pic Moustier (2605M) and Pic de Terres (2540) with their beautiful views.

Peak de la Montagnette (2434M) and back to the main Camporells lake (2240M) for a day off.

Day 10 and 11: Central Carlit massif :

Walking to Bouillouses lake, through the Désert du Carlit (yes it means desert) a wild high upland plane with no well until Tres Fonts (the 3 wells) and Estany de Col Roig lake(2247m). Through Col Roig pass if snow as melted enough along Peak Oriental de Col Roig to Peak Carlit (2971M) and down to Estany Forcats (2457M) lake.

Day 12, 13 und 14 hiking Northern part of the Lanous reserve. Across the barrage ( 2300M) and Col de Lanos (2468M) back to Estany de la Coume d'Or (2466M). Climbing of Peak de Coume d'Or (2826M) , Lake Besines (1980M) and back to Hospitalet.

Pyrenees Guide service:

Basic cost : Basic cost is 145€ a day (single participant), +50€ a day (2nd participant), + 30€ a day (3rd participant), + 10€ a day (next participants.

For legal reasons you need to become a member (membership fee is included). Membership conditions

Included : guiding, hiking tents, cookers, sleeping mats

Not included : other gear, food and travel costs.

When staying in huts the guide's costs (board and lodging) are yours, this is usual.

When needed : some single person tents, rucksacks and sleeping bags are available and can be hired (2€ per overnight each)

Leader : Richard van Egdom. experienced and certified mountain leader, lives in the Pyrenees knows them as the back of his hand. Contact him in time check available dates now : Richard

Practical information : Tips for a lighter Rucksack, how to get to the Pyrenees, more about us, click here

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Impressum / legal info / copyright

This website is the international Pyrenees mountains information website of Vriendenkring Amitié Européenne asbl a Belgian small is beatifull non profit association.

Our other websites are:

www.pyrenees.be for more information in French. This website also contains a 2 weeks trail description, an alternative high route through the French and Andorran Pyrenees.

Similar information in Dutch about our Pyrenees house, family holidays, guided treks and extended information on our mountain retreat is on

www.pyrenees-pyreneeen.be

As you may guess we cannot earn the necessary money to run our organization, the house, our trekkings and hikes only through membership fees.

That's why since 2003 we joined in DialoguE, according to The Wall Street Journal one of the best European language schools, to provide high level crash courses Dutch for executive managers and the higher educated.

Richard our former senior benevolent is working full time as our employee now.

Richard has a background in Organizational Development, expertise in learning and personal development strategies (he teaches that topic at Continuing Studies of Lille II University).

He's fluent in English, German and French.

Richard loves teaching his mother tongue in an efficient one to one setting and is a real expert in client- and dialogue centered learning.

Richard commits himself fully in teaching you Dutch even starting from scratch in an amazing minimum time.

click here on this site.

A special website in German dedicated to this Dutch courses for the higher educated is www.sprachkursniederlaendisch.de

Same information to our French full immersion private Dutch courses can be found on www.apprendre-le-neerlandais.com

responsible editor :

Richard van Egdom

office & contact : Lutiau 53, B-6500 Beaumont

Friends of the Pyrenees House : Le Castel, F-09400 Miglos

phone +32 60 456 497