Sledding with Alaskan Malamutes
My girl friend and me sledding, and a lot of pictures about sledding.
Sled routes in the mountains of High Pyrenees
It's difficult to make sledding in the High Pyrenees, because the mentality of those responsible for the ski resorts is lagging behind that of those responsible for stations in the Alps. Basically, they do not want a dog sled on the pisted down trails, they want to reserve them for cross-country skiers. However, the station "Payolle" still pack down some tracks when they do not make paying the tracks, thus we can make sledding. And in these cases, the coexistence of cross-country skiers and sledges is going very well.
So I put below some links for routes that I propose in the Hautes-Pyrenees, some are on pisted down tracks when access is allowed, others are on off-piste tracks:
- a journey, not too steep, the ski trails of Payolle when access is free
- a journey, rather steep, on the ski trails of Payolle when access is free
- a journey, beautiful, at the entrance to Payolle, off-track.
- a journey, somewhat steep, between the Col d'Aspin and Col de Beyrede, off-track.
- an off-piste course, feasible only with a lot of snow.
And much more videos on the links above or on the bottom of this page
The beginning with an artisanal sled
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My beginnings with sledding were made with an artisanal sled, manufactured by my father. With fiberglass runners and aluminum frame,it was a little too big sled, but it worked very well anyway.
My actual sled
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My current sled is a "Bogeyman" sled, a sled with fiberglass runners and aluminum frame, of euro the price-range - Euro S25
Some pictures of sled with some taken from the sled directly (not easy !!!)
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Some video of sledding trip
Arround the Col de Beyrède
Going down the Sarrat de Gaye arround "Payolle", Pyrénées, France.
Not easy to film on the sled
First trip with 4 dogs : Urok, Cazan, Oxane et Coleen on the plateau of "Payolle", Pyrénées, France.
Some video of a trip between Payolle and Hourquette Ancizan, Pyrénées, France
On the road of Hourquette Ancizan pass, under trees .
On the road of Hourquette Ancizan pass, once arrived on the plateau of the horses.
The descent of Hourquette Ancizan pass, much easier...
By exploring a new path ... that goes nowhere !!!
Following an another sled with 4 huskies.
Going down the Hourquette Ancizan...
More video, sledding
In returning from "Esclozes" around Payolle, Pyrénées, France.
Always on the plateau of "Payolle", Pyrénnées, France.
Going down to the Payolle lake.
Above the \Esclozes" of Payolle.
An early trip in 2005
My girl friend on sled.
On the plateau of Payolle with 2 sleds, one for my girl friend and one for me.
Arround the Payolle lake with 2 sleds, one for my girl friend and one for me.
You have to run for sledding !!!
a rapid downhill !!!
A another less rapid downhill.
Arround the Payolle lake with 2 sleds, one for my girl friend and one for me.
