The Val d'Aran welcomes again the SBX World Cup

Baqueira Beret will organize its second International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup, which will take place on March 1st and 2nd. This will be the second event of the highest level of the FIS of this modality organized by the ski resort of Val d’Aran.

The best snowboarders

The Blanhiblar track will be the setting for the SBX World Cup. On Friday 1 will take place the qualifiers, and on Saturday 2, the competition will feature snowboarders of the best world class. Among them are the Spaniards Lucas Eguibar and Regino Hernández who, after his Olympic bronze medal, has become the icon of snowboarding in Spain. International athletes include the charismatic Australian Alex Pullin, winner in Baqueira in 2016, and the Frenchman Pierre Vaultier, gold medal in the Olympic Games of Sochi’14 and PyeongChang’18.

The presentation of the competition took place last January 16 in the Samaranch Hall of the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) and counted with the intervention of María José Rienda, president of the Consejo Superior de Deportes, May Peus España, president of RFEDI, Lucas Eguibar, snowboardcross athlete of RFEDI, Xavier Ubeira, commercial director of Baqueira Beret and Rafael Fernández de Alarcón, global sponsorship director of Telefónica.

Support from the institutions

Among the institutions involved in the event are the RFEDI, the Federació Catalana Esports d’Hivern (FCEH) and the highest sports institutions in Spain, the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) and Catalonia with the Consell Català de l’Esport (CCE). In addition, the Conselh Generau d’Aran, the municipality of Naut Aran and the Diputació de Lleida also support the competition along with local clubs and Volentaris d’Aran.

The first SBX World Cup held in Baqueira took place in 2016, in the middle of a great atmosphere and with the attendance of up to 3,000 spectators. Animations were organised, stands were set up and a tasting area was set up for Aranese and Pyrenean products that gave the event a gourmet touch.

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20 February, 2019 News, Snow 0

2º Val d'Aran Walking Festival: Registration open

The 2nd Val d’Aran Walking Festival, to be held from 1 to 7 July, organized by Camins with the support of the Club Alpi Aranes, has almost ready this year’s program. Walkers can already register for this event which will have more hiking excursions of all levels and more cultural and gastronomic visits to publicize the products of the brand guarantee Val d’Aran.

The classic excursions to such emblematic places as the lakes of Colomers, the Historical Way of Port de Vielha, the Camin Reiau that joins the villages of the Valley, or the observation of stars will not be absent. In addition, this second edition presents several novelties:

Visit to the Victoria Mine in Arres next to Musèus Val d’Aran, where we will discover the mining heritage of the valley.
Crossing the Coth de Baretja, magical place and natural passage between the French valley of Luchon and the village of Bossòst.
Visit to the Interpretation Centre of the Artiga de Lin and the new guarded Refuge of the Pla de la Artiga.
New hiking excursions to the Lakes of Saboredo, the Bassa de Arres, and the Tuc de Aubas, fantastic viewpoint of the massif of Aneto.
Workshop of Medicinal Plants of the Val d’Aran.
Introduction to Nordic Walking along the valley paths.
Visit to Aran Park, a wildlife park with wolves, marmots, deer, bears, vultures, and other species of the Pyrenees.
Visit to the new artisan brewery of Bossòst, with beer tasting included.
And, to end the Festival, the Historical Way of the Port of Bonaigua, which links Vall d’Aneu with Val d’Aran, as part of the Camins Vius programme.
The Festival is sponsored by Foment de Torisme Val d’Aran, Conselh Generau d’Aran and Ajuntament de Naut Aran. It has the collaboration of the Town Councils of Vielha and Bossòst, artisans and producers of the valley and various sports companies. The collaborators also include the Mountain Federations of Catalonia, Spain and Europe, as well as the IDAPA body and the Aigüestortes National Park.

The first Val d’Aran Walking Festival took place last year and was attended by more than 600 people to the different hiking, cultural and gastronomic activities.

Information and reservations

CAMINS – festival@camins.net Telefonos: 973,64.24.44 – 616.33.56.91

Avenida Pas d’Arro, 5 – Bajos. www.camins.net

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13 February, 2019 News, Hiking 0

PDF Non Stop 2019: Open registrations

The Pedals de Foc Non Stop 2019, a 213km run and 6,200m of positive gradient, will take place on 29 June. Since last Wednesday, February 5, the inscriptions are open for this edition that has as epicenter Vielha (val d’Aran).

The organisation has made public the prices and modalities of the inscriptions for PDFNS 2019, as well as the first versions of the internal regulations and technical guide of the UEC. The 14th edition of this event will once again host the European Ultramarathon MTB Championship, a fact that is repeated for the third consecutive year, a real milestone for the long-distance long-distance event in our country.

The organisers have maintained the registration system that was so well received in 2018, so that participants will have different price brackets depending on the date on which they register. As in previous editions of the event, the organization will also have packs with accommodation and packs for companions. On the other hand, the Club Ciclista Pedales del Mundo has also decided to keep the obligatory equipment that all participants must carry in order to take the start.

The Pedals de Foc Non Stop counted in 2018 with the presence of 967 cyclists, a historical record of participation in this mythical mountain bike endurance event that has been held since 2006. In this edition and being again European Championship, the organization hopes to approach the limit of 1,000 registered.

More information and details: www.pdfnonstop.com Contact: info@pdfnonstop.com

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7 February, 2019 News, BTT 0

Val d'Aran, Premio al Mejor Viaje Oxígeno 2018

El premio al Mejor Viaje Oxígeno 2018 en territorio nacional ha sido para la Val d’Aran. Este valle atlántico del Pirineo parece especialmente modelado para disfrutar de la naturaleza en estado puro y de los deportes outdoor, tanto en verano como en invierno. Su especial orografía – un valle rodeado de imponentes montañas con cimas de más de tresmil metros y nieves perpetuas, sus bosques, sus verdes prados- es un terreno ideal para practicar el alpinismo, el trekking, la bicicleta de montaña, el rafting, el parapente… y en invierno esquí alpino y de travesía, raquetas, mushing… Si a esto le sumamos su riqueza cultural, su singularidad idiomática, la belleza de la particular arquitectura de los pueblos del valle, su rica gastronomía… la Val d’Aran se hace un destino imprescindible para los buscadores de “oxígeno”.

Fuente: https://www.revistaoxigeno.es/deportes/esqui/articulo/alta-ruta-de-la-val-d-aran

18 January, 2019 Snow 0

The Tour del Aneto celebrates its 5th anniversary

This season the hiking route Tour de l’Aneto, celebrates 5 years since its launch. The itinerary around the highest mountain of the Pyrenees, is inspired by the trip that the French Pyrenees Alfred Toneille made in 1848.

Since its creation, every year hundreds of hikers, both domestic and foreign, bet on this route through 5 valleys: Benasque, Castanesa, Barravés, Val d’Aran and Valle de Luchon, with a route of 115km and a slope of 5,500m, which are completed in 6 stages.  In addition, a perfect network of hotels and refuges provides service to the route, which also has a luggage transport service at each stage.

News 2019

In this 5th edition, the route is completed with the “Espai de l’Artiga de Lin”, where an Interpretation Centre has been inaugurated and the new Refuge guarded from the Pla de la Artiga. Exto will allow various variants within the classic route of the Tour del Aneto, such as the Alta Ruta, and the Ruta de los Hospitales.

In addition, the Tour del Aneto offers this year, to celebrate the 5th anniversary, a 5% discount on all options and modalities that there are in 2.019. It will apply to all reservations of the route that are made before April 21 and is not cumulative with other offers or discounts established.

Reservations for 2019 are already open on the Tour del Aneto website.
Telèfons: 973.64.24.44 / 616.33.56.91info@tourdelaneto.com

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17 January, 2019 Hiking 0

Aran Me + Fecit, ourse of the International Winter University

From the 25th to the 27th of January will take place in Val d’Aran the course of the International Winter University Aran Me+Fecit, with a wide program of conferences and visits, directed by prestigious researchers and historians. The course, free of charge and with limited places, is organised by the Conselh Generau d’Aran with the collaboration of the University of Navarra, the Superior School of Architecture of the Rovira i Virgili University (ETSA/URV), the School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia, the Val d’Aran Museums, the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, the University of Barcelona, the Bishopric of Urgell, the AUGGA and the Institut d’Estudis Aranesi- Academia de la Lengua Occitana.

Download here the Program of the International Winter University cours Aran Me+Fecit.

Information and registration:

  • Departamento de Patrimonio. Conselh Generau d’Aran: Elisa Ros e.ros@aran.org Nuria Puyol n.puyol@aran.org. Tel. 973 64 18 01/ ext.4.
  • Departamento de Historia, Historia del Arte y Geografía de la Universidad de Navarra: Julia Pavón jpavon@unav.es
  • ETSA. URV. Agustí Costa agusti.costa@urv.cat
  • School of Architecture. UIC Barcelona. Mònica López mlopezp@uic.es

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14 January, 2019 News 0

Marxa Beret 2019: registrations open for the big cross-country ski festival

The Marxa Beret, which this year reaches its 40th edition, will be held on 2 and 3 February in Baqueira Beret, the ski resort of Val d’Aran.

On Saturday, February 2, will take place the Sprint Salomon, which in this edition will be “Championship of Spain Sprint” in the modality of free technique. On Sunday, February 3, the 40th edition of the Marxa Beret will take place with the distances of: 42, 21 and the popular 10km. This race is included in the FIS calendar of popular races, the Spanish Long Distance Championship and the Spanish Cross-country Ski Cup.

The Marxa Beret is one of the most consolidated Nordic ski races in Spain, with more than 1,000 participants from all over Europe every year.  This popular march is intended to become the Nordic ski festival. To do this, the organization composed of the Conselh Generau d’Aran and the ski resort Baqueira Beret, has proposed a series of events parallel to the Marxa Beret which aim to all its participants and followers enjoy a pleasant weekend in the Val d’Aran.

Online registrations must be made through the Marxa Beret website until 1 February. In addition, all those who register before 14 January 2019 will enjoy a reduced rate. Face-to-face registrations will take place at the Shelter in Salardú on 2 February.

Information: www.marxaberet.com.

6 January, 2019 News, Snow 0

Aran Me Fecit, exhibition on Aranese sacred art

The exhibition ARAN ME FECIT, Of the master builders in search of sacred heritage, opens on 30 November in Sant Joan de Arties. This is the first major exhibition on Aranese sacred heritage in which, for the first time, the planimetry, photographs and documentation on 42 Aranese churches and chapels will be exhibited.

The exhibition is organised by the Conselh Generau d’Aran, together with the Bishopric of Urgell, the Val d’Aran Museum, the Rovira i Virgili University School of Architecture and the International University of Catalonia School of Architecture. It can be visited from 1 December to 27 April, Monday to Saturday from 5 pm to 8 pm.

A book on sacred art from Aran

This work on the sacred art of the Val d’Aran will be completed later with the publication of a book that will show the current state of this heritage and will include reference articles on each of the aspects of it. The book will be published in Aranese with translations into Catalan, Spanish, French and English.

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6 January, 2019 News 0

Cavalcades of the three Wise Men in the Val d'Aran

  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Vielha. 5th January. 18:30h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Arties. 5 January, 19:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Salardú. 5 January, 18:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Bossòst. 5 January, 18:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Les. 5 January, 18:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Gessa. 5 January, 19:00h.
4 January, 2019 News 0

Enjoy Christmas 2018 in the Val d'Aran!

The Val d’Aran is preparing to receive the next Christmas festivities with a proposal of activities full of illusions.

Christmas traditions

  • Santa Claus at Arties. December 15th and 23rd. From 17:30 to 19:30 in Urtau Square.
  • Era tronca de Nadau en Bagergue.December 21st. 18h. in carrer deth Maries.
  • Santa Claus in Baqueira Beret. 24th December. 12:15h.
  • Santa Claus in Les. 24th December. 19h.
  • Corsa Popular de Sant Silvestre in Bossòst. 31 Décember 16h.
  • Descent of torches in Baqueira Beret. 31 Décember 19:30h.
  • New Year’s Eve bells in Bagergue. 31 December in Church Square.
  • New Year’s Eve party in Bossòst. 31 December in the Sala Polivalente.
  • New Year’s Eve party in Baqueira Beret. 31 December 24h.
  • Visit of the pages of the Magi in Vielha. 3 January 19h. in Plaça dera Glèisa.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Vielha. 5th January. Departure from Gausac, route through Vielha and Melchor’s speech from the town hall.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Vielha. 5th January. 18:30h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Arties. 5 January, 19:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Salardú. 5 January, 18:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Bossòst. 5 January, 18:00h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Les. 5 January, 17:30h.
  • Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men in Gessa. 5 January, 19:00h.

Concerts

  • Concert de Nadau dera corau Quate Sons in Les. December 21, 19:45h.
  • Romanic Musicau in Arties. Trio Palatino. 27 Decermber 20h. in Santa Maria d’Arties.
  • Concert d’orgue. XXè Festival de Música de tardor, 28 December in the church of Sant Miqueu de Vielha. 20:15h.
  • New Year’s Eve concert in Baqueira Beret.  1 January 19:30h. in Baqueira’s church.
  • Romanic Musicau in Vielha. Barcelona Chamber Players. 3 January 20h. in Sant Miquèu church.

Exhibitions and activities in the museums

  • “Atau qu’ere, atau qu’ei”, from 18 December to 6 January. Exhibition hall of Vielha, from 19 to 21h.
  • “Aran Me fecit”, from 1 December to 27 April. Sant Joan d’Arties exhibition hall, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Was God a woman?. Activity in the Musèu dera Val d’Aran. 27 December 19h.
  • Talhèr de Kapla. Activity in the Musèu dera Val d’Aran. 28 December 17h. an 18:30h.

Children’s activities

  • Christmas playground in Vielha. From 22 December to 6 January. In the Sports Palace of Vielha, from 17 to 21h.
  • Hèsta Infantiu de Nadau in Les. 27 December. 17h. Sala Polivalent.
  • Parc de Nadau in Bossòst. 28, 29 and 30 December. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Multipurpose Hall. Free entrance.
  • Un naufragi ena piscina. 28 and 29 December. Children’s activity at the Palai de Gèu de Vielha, at 11 am and 5 pm. infantil de Navidad en Vielha.

 

 

 

 

20 December, 2018 News 0