Oxineu

Oxineu is a company focused on high mountain activities in the Girona Pyrenees and other points of this mountain range. We present a long list of courses with which you will become an expert in the progression through difficult terrain.

The duration of our courses is from 2 to 4 days and they are taught by professional high mountain experts.

We have among other courses the following:

• Multi-level rock climbing courses
• Ice climbing courses
• Via ferrata progression courses
• Orientation courses
• Ski mountaineering courses
• Mountaineering and mountaineering courses

We also organize mountain bike tours through the Alta Garrotxa and Ulldeter region and snowshoe rides in the winter season.

For all our proposals we have the best approved materials from the leading brands. And also, personalized attention in all cases from professional instructors in each of the available modalities.

And you, what adventure sport do you want to specialize in? We are at your entire disposal!

Oxineu offers you a spectacular journey through the most majestic peaks of the Pyrenees. We organize excursions to peaks such as Aneto, Maladeta, Carros del Foc or Posets doing mountain skiing.

With mountain skiing we combine mountaineering and ascents to the highest points of the mountain with very fast and vertiginous descents skiing down the slopes full of virgin snow.

You can learn with our instructors in ski mountaineering courses with various levels of difficulty. There will be both theory, always necessary, and practice itself.

You will also find freeride courses where we will discover all the downhill techniques you need to know.

In courses of 2 to 4 days get ready to experience very strong emotions and a great feeling of freedom through the most impressive natural settings of the Pyrenees.

In Oxineu we take you through the Pyrenees mountains through snowy paths and equipped with snowshoes . They are gadgets that allow you to walk without sinking and that will help you cover long distances between the large amount of snow deposited on the slopes.

We do snowshoe routes for about 2 hours for those who want to try them and test their sensations in the snow. And long tours of more hours for adventurers who want to discover the most hidden places in the mountains.

We have routes through the Benasque valley through the Maladeta or the Aneto as well as through other points of the Aragonese and Catalan Pyrenees.

Do not worry about the rackets because we will deliver them to you when we start the day. You bundle up and come prepared to walk for a while through the snow.

Oxineu is your company to reach the most majestic and elevated peaks of the Pyrenees . Summits such as Aneto, La Maladeta, Posets or Carros de Foc are just some of the goals that we propose and that we encourage you to overcome.

The high mountain days that we propose require a good physical level since it will be necessary to overcome important slopes and cross complicated places with small sections of climbing.

It will safely take us the whole day between the ascent to the summits and the descent to the meeting point.

We also do mountaineering courses that take place throughout the year one weekend a month. We make ascents to great peaks being able to spend the night there with our bivouac.

We will provide you with content on cartography, orientation, knowledge about rock progression, etc.

In the Girona Pyrenees in the Ripoll area we have very interesting climbing courses for you to learn and acquire enough skills in vertical progression on rock.

The notions that you can acquire with us are very useful for many adventure sports in the mountains. We will teach you climbing techniques with these courses:

• Rock climbing on short routes
• Rock climbing on long routes
• Block climbing
• Artificial climbing

The duration of the courses depends on the level you are looking to achieve. They can be from 2 days to 4.

We also make trips to the mountains to try classic climbing and on spectacular ridges of the grandest massifs of the Pyrenees.

To know all the ins and outs of the via ferratas and become an expert in their progression we have courses that will give you the necessary skills. We will help you to know correctly all the types of via ferratas.

We will teach you first-hand the operation of the different elements necessary to progress through the walls and ravines typical of the via ferratas. The use of the harness, energy sink, ropes, etc.

The courses last between 2 and 4 days are directed by expert instructors who will place special emphasis on those most important points of the progression through via ferratas.

Absolutely all the material you will have in your hand during the course. Behind it you will be ready to face any via ferrata you want to cross.

Oxineu is a company formed by mountain enthusiasts who discover excellent high mountain routes to ride a mountain bike and travel them among impressive valleys.

Some of the routes we offer:

• Pedalejant per la Catalunya Nord-Catalunya Sud: Guided mountain bike route Ripollés-Garrotxa. It can be done throughout the year. It has a cumulative elevation gain of 1000 meters.
• Guided routes on BTT through the Ripollès region, discover the seus racons with pedal gear
• Guided mountain bike route Ripollés-Garrotxa
• Guided mountain bike route
• Ripollés-Garrotxa

All activities can be carried out outside of the pre-established dates if a minimum number of participants is gathered, adapting to the needs of the group.

You will need a good physical condition and regularly take the bicycle to be able to do these routes since they have a significant unevenness and require spending a lot of hours on the saddle.

Oxineu organizes orientation days in the Girona Pyrenees for all those nature and hiking lovers who want to learn a little more about orientation in the mountains and its tricks.

The main goals of the course are the following:

• Know how to properly interpret a cartographic map
• Handle the compass and altimeter with ease and precision
• Put into practice different orientation techniques successfully

We will do orientation workshops in which we will teach you all these contents and we will review them until they are well established.

After that we will go on an excursion through Ulldeter in which we will have to demonstrate everything we have learned with various games and challenges.

The full duration of the orientation course is 2 days.