Focus on the Couserans Mountain Guides

During our interviews with each of them, the collective dynamic, friendliness, simplicity, common sense have been cited each time as the cement of this group of Mountain Guides. This is partly due to the character of its founder, Philippe, who tells us about Couserans:

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« Here, nothing is easy. When you want to make a living from tourism and the mountains, you always have to question yourself and progress in this profession. We have the status of self-employed worker but we work in a team and I like that. As for the living environment, the Couserans it is first of all nature, a nature that shakes you upThe mountain does not let itself be done, the slope is often steep to climb, the fauna and flora have great vitality:

You cut down a tree, ten more grow, and wildlife is everywhere. I like that too. »

Simon love " this wild mountain " and " find this country endearing by its history, the stubbornness of the men who shaped these mountains to be able to live there"He loves the Aulus smugglers, the peddlers, the smugglers who pass through the ports, the coalmen and the miners, etc.
Doriane et Michael highlight the beauty and diversity of these mountains, which " force respect andhumility"
Florine wants " share this life often simpler and more peaceful, to observe and recognize their own rhythms, their balances. These mountains also carry their lot of dangers, efforts of understanding between their users:

Nothing is perfect… and that’s authenticity.« 

The Couserans Mountain Guides are passionate about the mountains and their profession. They are knowledge brokers, stories, atmospheres. They are the modern griots, to learn from their voice the soul of this preserved nature certainly, but imprint of human adventures.
Adventure awaits you with these women and men, whether they're wearing hiking boots or snowshoes.
Un seasonal outing program is available in our Tourist Offices, and you can even book them on site.