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Photo of the Month - February
Having had plenty of snow this season, we are enjoying a break from it in the hope that spring is now only around the corner. This photograph was taken on the lower slopes of Superbagneres while clocking up some base mileage, enjoying the warmer weather and scenery. It is a long climb at 18km with good access due to its south facing orientation. The thought of a crepe at the summit (1,810m altitude) keeps me going. |
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Picture Gallery
Our photograph collection offers a small selection
of local scenery within our area, the central Pyrenees.
Please click on the thumbnails to view a larger image - you
may also then flick though the collection as a slideshow. |
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above left: 'La Route
du Sud' on the final climb to Superbagneres - 1800m
above right: The Barousse valley - village
of Bramevaque |
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above left:
A local trail passing the ruined chateau of Bramevaque
above right: Col d'Aubisque during the Tour
de France |
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above left: The route of mystic and legend
above right: Climbing Superbagneres in Spring
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above left:
One of the many spectacular lakes dotted amidst the granite
peaks of the Pyrenees
above right: The brilliant turquoise colour
of a frozen lake in June |
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above left: Great
high altitude running terrain at the head of the
Barousse valley
above right: The varied terrain of
the Pyrenees mountains |
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above left: Walking on
the GR10 from Luchon
above right: Lac dera Yunco reflecting the
mountains of the Col du Tourmalet |
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above left: The Col d'Aspin
summit at 1,489m altitude
above right: 'La Route du Sud' cresting
Port du Bales at 1,755m in the Barousse valley |
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above left: Stunted pines
forming part of the highest pine forest in Europe
above right: Expansive views of snow capped
peaks |
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above: View of the Barousse
valley including the villages of Aveux, Crechets and Anla |
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above left: Gascony cows
at Pic de Douly, Barousse valley
above right: The Col de Madamete at 2,509m
altitude |
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above left: St-Bertrand-de-Comminges
seen from a local running and mountain biking trail
above right: Pic du Gar |
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above left: X-country
mountain biking in the Barousse valley
above right: The remote lakes of the Pyrenees
provide unrivalled solitude |
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above left: Early morning
cloud over the frontier mountains
above right: Views of rolling mountains
on the Col de Port |
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above left: The TDF battling
it out on the Col de Peyresourde
above right: The only way to appreciate
the Pyrenees National Park is on foot |
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above left: Cycling the
Col d'Aspin over looking the Louron valley
above right: Lac de Genos - Loudenvielle
in the Louron valley |
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above left: Mountain
pasture land at the head of the Barousse valley
above right: The main peleton of the TDF
climbing the Tourmalet on Bastille day 2008 |
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above left: The impressive
rocky peaks of Pic du Gar
above right: Descending from Pic du Gar
through beech forests |
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above left: Cascades
abound in the Val d'Aran
above right: The lure of the mountains seen
from lush green pasture lands |
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above left: A remote
tarn in the Val d'Aran
above right: Boums du Port en-route to the
border crossing at Port de Venasque |
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above: Looking into
Spain with the Maladeta Massif directly across the valley |
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above left: From sunshine
to fog on the final section of the Col d'Aspin
above right: Autumn colours in the mountains |
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above left: Hiking the
GR10 through the Pyrenees National Park
above right: The medieval town of St-Bertrand-de-Comminges |
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above left: Hiking on
the Spanish side of the Pyrenees
above right: Mountain biking on a technical
single track carved out of the mountainside by Napoleon |
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above left: Hikers converge
at the summit for lunch
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