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thursday 10 september
2020 -
Reconnaissance of the trail from Refugio Belagua to Col d'Anaye
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Summary:
part of a series of 6 daytrips and 1 multiday trip in september 2020 in
the Pyrénées Atlantiques. This is trip 6.
Today: from Refugio on the GRT13 in the direction of Col d'Anaye to see
where a connection to the Añelarra-ridge is possible. Basic question:
might this be an easier route to get to bm271?
Basecamp = camping in Arette
Weather: cloudy, sunny in the afternoon.
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected track):
Distance: 16.6 km
Max-height: 1877m
Min-height: 1402m
Elevation: +784m -779m
Total elevation: 1563m
Start 7:47 Finish 14:24
Total time: 6:37
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 | Having parked at Refufio Belagua and looking forward to the terrain to traverse.
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 | An information panel with
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 | the red-white waymarked trail GRT13 to Col d'Anaye and refuge de l'Abarouat in France.
Spoiler: I won't get as far as the Col d'Anaye.
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 | More
information on this trail which connects on the one hand both refuges
and on the other hand (partly) the Spanish GR11 with the French GR10.
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 | Some warnings for the trail in winter (dangerous) and for frequent bad weather.
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 | It takes me a while to find the right trail from the Refugio.
That is - from the Refugio - not going SEE but NEE. At this point I'm back at the right track.
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 | The trail is well-waymarked and after
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 | the grassy part it enters
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 | a beautiful beech-forest.
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 | Later on the terrain gets more rocky and the
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 | trail traverses this open spot.
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 | Later on it gets more open and the trees become scarce.
The Añelarra-ridge comes in sight. Bm271 is on that ridge.
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 | Later on this panorama.
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 | This is the spot where I on 29082012 joined the GRT13, having descended from the Añelarra-ridge.
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Let's show both tracks on Google Earth.
It's still a long way to bm271.
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picture: having entered the rocky terrain for ± 30m for a better view
of the terrain to traverse before you get at the foot of the
Añelarra-ridge.
Once you get at that ridge, progress becomes easy on the ridge.
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picture: approximately 250m further at a spot where Topopirineos shows
the beginning of a route towards the Añelarra-ridge. But no trails, no
cairns.
This is where I stop and return. Traversing to the ridge and bm271 is
another 2,5km and 500m climbing. On this terrain estimated at another
2h walking and climbing.
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 | That would mean in total a trip of 5-6h to bm271 and 5h. back.
Conclusion: this route from Refugio Belagua has no advantage to an
access from Col de la Pierre St-Martin as we tried 5 days earlier on 5-9-2020.
This picture: returning and descending into more green terrain.
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 | Back in the forest. The sun has started to shine.
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 | The last part back to the Refugio (visible in the background).
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 | While driving back, I stop here
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 | to make a zoom-in picture of Pic d'Anie and the Añelarra-ridge.
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 | In the ski-station of Arette La Pierre St-Martin, I enjoy a well-deserved lunch.
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 | And I am surprised to see in the alleys of the shopping mall these large information panels
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 | about bm262 and the its role in the "Junte de Roncal" or "The Tribute of the Three Cows".
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 | It's
a yearly ceremony at july 13 since 1375 in which 3 cows are handed over
from the French community to its Spanish counterpart.
It's the result of an arbitration after a bloody conflict between
shepherds from both countries in 1373 and is considered as a payment
for the use of Spanish grazing grounds and watersources.
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 | One
wonders if this drawing of bm262 was made of the real bordermarker in
an earlier verson or is an artist's impression or phantasy.
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 | We see more nice tiled images in the corridors.
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 | Now we see an image of the actual bm262
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 | and one of the cermonial meeting of the delegations from both communities at bm262.
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 | Back at the camping and reorganizing my stuff for the multiday backpacking-trip, starting tomorrow.
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