Local walks
The Tourist Information office in the town sells a book of 24 local
Pyrenees walks, which they place in four category's; easy through to
very difficult. The narrative is in French but fairly easy to understand. The routes
are all signed and most are shown on the local OS map which can be bought
locally.
Typical walks included in the publication:
Simple Walk - 2 kilometers, 1 hr, no climbing, a forest and river walk
(starts from the house)
Medium Walk - 8 kilometers, 2.5 hrs, climb 1000ft, a walk over a mountain
pass (starts from the house)
Medium Walk - 10 kilometers, 4 hrs, climb 1900ft, a walk through the
forest to two mountain passes (starts from the house)
Harder Walk - 14 kilometers, 5hrs, climb 2500ft, a walk through forest
and high pasture to the Tour du Mir a mediaeval watchtower overlooking
the valley with tremendous views - see pictures (starts from the house)
Difficult walk - 18 kilometers, 8hrs, climb 3500ft. This walk takes
you to the top of the Costabonne mountain at a height of over 8000ft.
It starts from a mountain Chalet 15km east of the house.
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