Ski Rando: Les Coumes du Pic du Midi, April 7, 2024

Les Coumes du Pic du Midi, this is the end of season meeting, for hiking ski fans in Hautes Pyrénées.

A race made to satisfy both amateurs and experienced competitors, in the sumptuous decor of high Bigorre peaks.

Organized each year by the Tarbes Nature Club Friendship , this race takes place on the Taoulet massif , an intermediate station of the cable car leading to the Pic du Midi.
Each edition presents a different route, made of carefully traced climbs and large descents on virgin snow.

Breaking with the somewhat elitist image of hiking skiing, the primary objectives of this race are accessibility, pleasure and conviviality, in complete safety.

So no time barrier and positive elevations less than 1000 m. If there are many technical passages - edges and corridors - which give even more spice to the race,
everyone must be able to complete the route.

And at the end, if the 1st of each category receive a trophy, exit the podium: all the lots are in draw! … Finally, a solid mountain snack comes to finish this event in the most beautiful way.

The 2024 edition, Sunday April 7, 2024, balances the alternations of climbs and descents, and the technical passages in the ridge at the level of the Nère and the Taoulet:

• Ascension from the Mongie (1750m) to the Pène Nère (2550m) and descent to Hount Barrade (2050m) by the Coume Lounque.
• Climb to the Taoulet (2341m), descent to the Clot de Tarbes (1950m) by the Jupiter slope.
• Last climb to Hount Barrade, and ultimate descent on the Mongie.

Spectators will be able to follow the race easily from the Taoulet site or during their cable car route to the top of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre.

Conviviality, diversity in levels, an exceptional playground: this is the winning recipe for the Pic du Midi!
To find out more, go to the Pic Du Midi Picmes website
https://www.lescoumesdupicdumidi.fr/

Photo credit: Pic du Pic du Midi