Discover the Pyrenees! #1

Three countries, one territory... a unique experience!

A different way to discover the Pyrenees: BushTrip and Mission at the same time. In each leg you will have to perform a mission to complete your BushTrip. Mountains that beat... Spectacular natural spaces...  Impressive glacial lakes... Summits of more than 3,000 meters... and much more.

The Pyrenees, together with the Rhine, the Danube and perhaps the Ural mountains, are one of the orographic formations that have historically constituted a natural border between territories. Inhabited since prehistory, over the centuries they have seen how their valleys were crossed by Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs and Christians.

With an extension of 430 km, the Pyrenees unfold from Cap de Creus, in the Mediterranean, to the Cantabrian mountain range and form a natural barrier between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of the European continent. Its natural wealth is unquestionable. Infinite. A mountain range of contrasts that connects two seas, the Cantabrian and the Mediterranean, through imposing peaks, ancient glaciers and endless forests. Places of special natural, geological and landscape wealth that value the great diversity of the Pyrenees. Here we find such obvious contrasts as the three-thousanders of the Maladeta massif and the Mediterranean setting of Cap de Creus.

Thanks to its peaks over 3,000 meters high and its spectacular valleys and glacial lakes, it is a popular tourist destination. In winter, the snow-covered slopes attract skiers and snowboarders. After the cold, with the thaw and the explosion of spring, they turn bright green and become a hiking mecca. There is no shortage of places to practice whitewater sports or, for those seeking tranquility, hot springs and spas where you can relax. But they also keep other secrets. The inhabitants of the Pyrenees are lovers of their traditions and their culture and many of their towns are presided over by beautiful Romanesque churches, traces of the past in which the character of their people was forged, tough but at the same time friendly.

This first part of the Pyrenees is made up of four legs and we will basically discover the Catalan Pyrenees, which occupies almost half of the entire Pyrenees. We will pass through the Eastern Catalan Pyrenees, the French Catalan Pyrenees, Andorra, the Arriège and the Country of Comminges and the Western Catalan Pyrenees.

You will be flying the Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000) and have the weather window active so you can experience all the routes at different times and seasons. At the beginning of each leg, the plane is parked and in a Cold & Dark situation. If you want to start the plane quickly, just press the "CTRL + E" keys and activate the lights. You also have a flight plan available with all legs (Pirineus 01.pln).

I hope you enjoy it!

Discover the Pyrenees! #2: https://flightsim.to/file/38464/discover-the-pyrenees-2

Discover the Pyrenees! #3: https://flightsim.to/file/40574/discover-the-pyrenees-3

Note: BushTrip created with BushTripInjector, many thanks to its creator BuffyGC for her support and help, and with LittleNavMap by Alexander Barthel. Spanish/English translations: Google Translator. I also thank the authors of the photographs included in each leg. Music by Musictown from Pixabay.

Installation: 

You have two .rar files available:

• Pyrenees_01 CAT-ESP-ENG.rar: contains the text and audio files in Catalan (es-ES), Spanish (es-MX) and English
• Pyrenees_01 ESP-ENG.rar: contains the text and audio files in Spanish (es-ES, es-MX) and English

Once the corresponding file has been downloaded, unzip the file and copy all the folders “pir-pirineos-Exx -CAT” and/or “pir-pirineos-Exx” and “pir-pirineos-E01s” in the "Community" folder of your MSFS.

If you have an older version installed, first delete all the "pir-pirineos-Exx" and/or “pir-pirineos-Exx -CAT" and "pir-pirineos-E01s" directories from the "Community" folder.