📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
For mountain lovers! Spend three weeks in altitude on the western Pyrenees Mountains. Laruns, mountain town at the top of the Ossau Valley belongs to the Pyrenees’ natural national park. It is the second year that we work with Laruns municipality, this year they ask us to open trekking path for hikers. It is a unique opportunity to experience life in the mountains and meet its people.
💼 What the programme involves
You will open trekking path of the communal area. The work will mainly be a cleaning up and sign marking the path. During work you will meet the hikers. The work place is located 2000m above sea level and from 1 to 2 hours of hiking will be necessary to reach it from the village.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the sports hall of the village, bring your sleeping bag. The work place is at 2000m above sea level, from 1 to 2 hours of mountain hiking far from the town. You will share the various collective tasks and prepare meals together.
📍 About the location
Laruns is located 50Km south of Pau city and 30Km from the Spanish border. Hiking, climbing initiation and discovery of local traditions will be offered during leisure times. For more information, visit the following websites: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laruns
ℹ️ Additional information
It is necessary to be in a good physical condition and ready to do sport to participate to this project as you’ll need to climb the mountain up and down regularly.
Bring a warm sleeping bag, both lightweight and very warm clothes as well as rain gear, mountain hiking shoes, mosquito repellent, flashlight, batteries, sunscreen and swimsuit. A backpack is necessary to go up and down the mountain daily.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.