A leisurely mountain hike from Barèges follows the tracks of an abandoned funicular railway and leads to the now-abandoned former upper arrival station. The first section of the funicular went into operation in 1937 and was originally deployed to transport winter sports enthusiasts from the village of Barèges to a first arrival station built on the Lienz plateau. About a decade later, a second section was opened to take passengers to an upper station towards the Pic de l’Ayré. A further extension was used by Électricité de France employees to…
