I’ve traveled by boat taxi to score some spring turns but never by train. Last season Timuzapata showcases how they utilized a small tourist train to gain access to Artouste-Arremoulit in the French Pyrenees.

The Petit train d’Artouste is a narrow gauge tourist railway situated in the French Pyrenees close to the Spanish border, some 55 km (34.2 mi) south of the town of Pau, and within the commune of Laruns. The line runs high above the headwaters of the Gave d’Ossau, and provides access to the Lac d’Artouste, a semi-artificial lake in the mountains at an altitude of over 2,000 m (6,562 ft).