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Rambling
Starting
from l’Escolan you find yourself directly on family walks or
hikes towards mountain lakes, frontier peaks and summits. Escolan
is also a stage on the GR10 and the Tour de Pays du Val de Garbet,
both established trails. We suggest you try circuits
gite to gite, rambling or on all-terrain bikes, with full board
and your luggage transported. “
In a flea’s jump” you will discover the Haut-Couserans every new
season: le cirque de Cagateille, la réserve du Mont-Valier, la cascade
d’Ars, l’étang de Lhers, la vallée de Bethmale.
Snow-shoeing
In
winter walks at the base of the valley are often possible even without show
shoes. A show-shoe itinerary allows you to do a tour of the station
feeling very
much in contact with nature. You can hire them on site or at the village of
Seix. Lots of wild sites like le plateau d'Ajéou, le cirque de Cagateille
and lots of mountains allow those who are familiar with snow covered mountains
to enjoy this activity, taking account of course of the snow conditions and
avalanche
risks at the time.
Ski and Surf
Guzet is a pleasant, modern
family ski resort above Ustou. It offers down hill ski slopes, a snow-shoe circuit,
and activities
like dog sledging and “baptism” into
paragliding are also on offer.
Downhill Skiing
The
resort of Lhers offers a very pleasant Nordic setting with good snow, but
with the direct route by the Col d'Agnès
being closed, the detour via Massat takes about an hour by car. Some freedom
lovers go off-piste around
le Col de la Core.
White water sports
With clubs like
Passeur de Vague or le Kayak-club at Couserans you can discover rafting or
canoeing. Horizon Vertical will initiate you into
canyoning in the cirque de Cagateille and elsewhere. For contact details look
at the divers information button.
Mountain climbing
Numerous rails have been put in place at several sites and are well documented
in a topographical guide. You can discover these with your own gear, or under
instruction with Horizon Vertical.
Mountain biking
A
topographical guide shows you the routes around Cominac, the GR10 and the
tour of the area will arouse great emotions in
circuits gîte to
gîte or on
day trips around the gite. At the gite there are four standard and one child’s
mountain bike for hire, along with two house route-maps
around the gite for
you to follow.
You can also do horse riding, donkey treks, paragliding, fishing, fruit picking, tennis, swimming in the pool, or relaxing in the thermals of Aulus. If that’s not enough, how about petanque and jogging?