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Picture Gallery
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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.
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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
above right: A steep and powerful waterfall
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