Sporty caving discovery: Bouhadère cave (Lourdes)

Description

I invite you to join me in the heart of the Hautes-Pyrénées department near the village of Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre for a sporty caving discovery in the Bouhadère cave.

This delightful cave offers a highly adaptable route featuring lovely rope sections and even an introduction to rappelling (a 10-meter drop). This rappel allows you to reach the cave's vast chambers and marvel at an incredible natural spectacle, a landscape of stalactites and stalagmites shaped over millennia. It is also a chance to familiarize yourself with vertical movement techniques in a safe environment, opening the door to more advanced explorations.

This short-day excursion lets you discover the cave and its natural scenery while enjoying an underground picnic! It is the perfect trip for a first taste of the sport, including an introduction to rope techniques. It offers a more physically engaging introductory experience than the nearby Pâle cave.

This outing is open to teenagers aged 12 and up.

If this outing inspires you to explore the underground world further, I also offer:

• the Hayau-Bouhadère traverse,
• a more challenging outing in the Bouhadère cave,
• the Moustayous traverse in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre,
• an advanced caving course in the Tonio chasm or the Borne 109 chasm.

Program

• Meet at Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre, a 15-minute drive from Lourdes and 40 minutes from Pau.
• Distribution of gear and equipment.
• 20-minute approach walk to the cave entrance.
• Cave exploration and discovery.
• 20-minute walk back to the parking area.
• Returning the equipment.
• Allow for a total of approximately 4 to 5 hours of activity.

The price includes

• Supervision by the caving instructor.
• Loan of the equipment required for the activity: full-body suit, helmet with light, harness, belay device, knee pads, and gloves.

The price does not include

• Round trip transportation to Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre.
• Sports shoes + spare shoes and socks.
• Sports trousers/shorts.
• Sports T-shirt + sweater/fleece (it is 13°C underground).
• Picnic lunch (as compact as possible).
• A bottle of water.
• SPF 50 sunscreen 😎.
• Anything not mentioned in "The price includes".

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