Discover the Pyrenees: Expert Local Guides
Gaspar, David, Alberto and Alberto: A Professional Team with More than 20 Years of Experience
Our trip leaders are hired not only for their knowledge and expertise but also for their passion and friendly, outgoing personalities!
With over 20 years of experience, our trip leaders are all experts in mountaineering, canyoning and climbing, and in coordinating activities to meet the needs of diverse groups in this natural environment. Their passion and enthusiasm for the outdoors is infectious. They speak several languages and are well experienced in organising groups. Their local knowledge of the culture, traditions, and people of the valleys all ensure that your experience will be truly unforgettable.
David Ruiz de Gopegui
Born in Zaragoza in 1984, the mountains beckoned David from afar and he could not resist their call. He is a qualified teacher specialising in environmental studies, a leisure time instructor, and also a trained mountain guide instructor (UIMLA International). He combines his love of photography with his work in the open air doing mountain related activities.
David is deeply passionate about the Pyrenees where he has worked for the last 14 years coordinating environmental and sporting activities. Since 2013, he has led various international expeditions to such places as the Himalayas in Nepal, to the Alps in France and Italy, and he is seeking to embark on a new adventure in the future to Patagonia.
Gaspar Giner Abati
Gaspar is a biologist and mountain guide. He is a qualified mountain sports climbing technician who is wonderfully enthusiastic about travelling and adventure sports. He has taken part in many international expeditions.
Not long ago he embarked on an anthropological trip to Africa wherein he crossed more than 50,000 kilometres through more than 15 different countries while taking part in the production of a series of documentaries entitled “The Last Natives” for the Spanish television programme RTVE. He also worked in the field in Patagonia for 6 months where he studied and explored glaciers and natural parks.
Since settling in Benasque, he has found his true calling as a mountain guide and has worked for several guide companies that undertake various expeditions throughout the year.
Alberto Marín
Alberto is a professional mountain guide with expertise in mountaineering and climbing. He is also an environmental educator who specialises in natural heritage interpretation, leisure time and canoe monitoring, canyoning sports, and is also a mountain guide for the blind and visually impaired.
With almost 20 years of experience, he has worked in almost all of the valleys in the Aragonese Pyrenees and has led multinational groups through the mountains. He has also coordinated environmental educational programmes, nature and leisure workshops, and adventure programmes.
Alberto Andrés Andrés
Alberto is a mountain and canyon guide who has been living in the Pyrenees for 20 years. He has more than 15 years of experience as a guide and is in charge of the management and development of trips and activities.
His love for the mountains is intoxicating and he is a great traveller. He has crossed many of the world’s mountain ranges in search of new challenges, all the while exploring even more mountains and their surrounding wilderness and culture.
Alberto currently runs a trendy youth hostel in the Valley of Benasque called Hostel-Guides El Run.
David Ruiz de Gopegui
Born in Zaragoza in 1984, the mountains beckoned David from afar and he could not resist their call. He is a qualified teacher specialising in environmental studies, a leisure time instructor, and also a trained mountain guide instructor (UIMLA International). He combines his love of photography with his work in the open air doing mountain related activities.
David is deeply passionate about the Pyrenees where he has worked for the last 14 years coordinating environmental and sporting activities. Since 2013 , he has led various international expeditions to such places as the Himalayas in Nepal, to the Alps in France and Italy, and he is seeking to embark on a new adventure in the future to Patagonia.
Gaspar Giner Abati
Gaspar is a biologist and mountain guide. He is a qualified mountain sports climbing technician who is wonderfully enthusiastic about travelling and adventure sports. He has taken part in many international expeditions.
Not long ago he embarked on an anthropological trip to Africa wherein he crossed more than 50,000 kilometres through more than 15 different countries while taking part in the production of a series of documentaries entitled “The Last Natives” for the Spanish television programme RTVE. He also worked in the field in Patagonia for 6 months where he studied and explored glaciers and natural parks.
Since settling in Benasque, he has found his true calling as a mountain guide and has worked for several guide companies that undertake various expeditions throughout the year.
Alberto Marín
Alberto is a professional mountain guide with expertise in mountaineering and climbing. He is also an environmental educator who specialises in natural heritage interpretation, leisure time and canoe monitoring, canyoning sports, and is also a mountain guide for the blind and visually impaired.
With almost 20 years of experience, he has worked in almost all of the valleys in the Aragonese Pyrenees and has led multinational groups through the mountains. He has also coordinated environmental educational programmes, nature and leisure workshops, and adventure programmes.
Alberto Andrés Andrés
Alberto is a mountain and canyon guide who has been living in the Pyrenees for 20 years. He has more than 15 years of experience as a guide and is in charge of the management and development of trips and activities.
His love for the mountains is intoxicating and he is a great traveller. He has crossed many of the world’s mountain ranges in search of new challenges, all the while exploring even more mountains and their surrounding wilderness and culture.
Alberto currently runs a trendy youth hostel in the Valley of Benasque called Hostel-Guides El Run.
