The Midi-Pyrenees is set on the highest part of the Pyrenean chain where peaks reaching 9,850 feet and more abound: Vignemale (10,800 ft), Pic du Midi (9,400 ft), Pic du Balaïtous (10,300ft), etc. Much loved by medium and high altitude enthusiasts, the Midi-Pyrenees counts three resolutely mountainous departments: the Haute-Garonne (in its southern part), the Ariège and the Hautes-Pyréneés, to which the plateaus of Aubrac in Aveyron must be added. All of these for as many sources of pleasure, encounters and varied activities, the whole year round.