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7 september
2009 -
Approaching the Pic du Midi
d'Ossau
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Part of a 5-days trip from Col de Somport to Cauterets, exploring bm305 to bm314.
Day 1: from Col de Somport to the foot of Pic du Midi d'Ossau.
Weather: sunny, nice
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For explanation of
the gps-coordinates and other cartographic backgrounds:
see my cartography page
According to my watch:
Duration: 10.20-16.25, in total 6.07 hours, no breaks
Up: 846 m
Down: 823 m
Total elevation 1669 m
Highest point: 2154 m
Lowest point: 1636 m
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According
to visugpx
- distance : 11.7 km
- cum. elevation gain : 813 m
- cum. elevation loss : 784 m
- total elevation: 1597 m
- altitude maxi : 2175 m
- altitude mini : 1624 m
- altitude average : 1911 m
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With the night-train Paris-Pau and the train/bus Pau - Col de Somport, I arrive ± 9.30 at the col.
This picture: view of the Col from the Spanish side.
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Bm305
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You can't miss bm305bis in the middle of the road.
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Bmp305bis
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Bm305bis
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Bm305
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Backside of bm305bis with in the shadow bm305
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The search for bm306 and bm307 is a lot easier with the pictures of Robert Darrieumerlou.
There's an easy access from the NW-corner of a parking behind a large French building, just NW of the bordercrossing.
That's where a trail starts which passes E of this electricity-building.
Move the
cursor over the picture to see where the bordermarker is.
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East of the building, at approx. 15m:
Bm306
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Bm306
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Bm306
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Bm307 is ± 325m to the NNE
Move the cursor over the
picture to see where the bordermarker is.
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Bm307
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Bm307
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Bm307
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From bm307 I go E and return to the trail.
I continue on the trail, then take a branch which climbs through the bed of a (dry) stream uphill.
This picture: I'm climbing through the bed and look back.
Higher on, the bed makes a large bend to the left (towards Col Mayou).
But I take a smaller bed which goes - as it were - straight ahead - and
brings me NEE on the borderridge. From the ridge a Spanish ski station visible.
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Then to the N, traversing with a curve underneath a rocky outcrop and climbing to
bm308
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Bm308.
Interesting: the Procès-Verbal locates bordercross 308 on Col Mayou but
that Col is on French territory. Bm308 isn't at a col but on the end of
ridge.
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as you can see here:
bm308, clearly at the end of a ridge.
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Then along the hillside to the lake of Ibon del Escalar.
There's no real trail but often cattle tracks ease your way.
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Close to the lake, there's a clear track. I circle around the lake and climb to
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Col de Moines with this view of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau and
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with bm309
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bm309
I descend on a distinct trail and further on I continue in the direction of Lac Cousteau on a trail with an abundance of cairns.
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A view to the SE, into the valley which I will enter the next morning.
The Col
d'Anéou - giving access to Cirque d'Anéou and Col de Pourtalet - already visible.
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I descend towards a stream. A nice place for a bivouac.
There has been less progress today than expected but well, that's often the case.
Bivouac: N42 50 20.2 W0 28 26.4 H1646m
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