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tuesday 15 june
2021 -
Redoing bm306-308 and trial to reach bm296
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Summary:
part of a series of 8 daytrips in june 2021 near Bagnères-de-Luchon and
Col de Somport. This is day 5.
Today: two trips:
- redoing bm306-308 and the traversing of the hillside towards bm309
- a trial to reach bm296 along the stream.
Weather: sunny, nice
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TRIP 1
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From Col du Somport redoing the traversing of the hillside from bm308 towards 309.
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected original track):
Distance: 9,6 km
Max-height: 2130m
Min-height: 1632m
Elevation: +592m -642m
Total elevation: 1234m
Start 11:06 Finish 15:09
Total time: 4:03
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| Yesterday I spent a day of rest in Lourdes, staying in the same hotel as every year: hotel d'Annécy.
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| This morning I drive to Col de Somport.
It was my plan to do a 2-days trip from parking Sansanet but somehow I missed the side-way to that parking and ended up here.
So I changed my plan. First a cup of coffee in the bar and then on my way.
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| Behind a building at the NW-corner of the Col a trail starts
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| It brings you quickly to this small building and bm306
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| Bm306
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| Bm306
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| Getting to bm307 by crossing a hillridge
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| to a sort of valley.
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| Bm307 in sight
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| Bm307
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| Bm307
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| In the far distance the original spot of bm297 in sight. I will explore that spot tomorrow.
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| Bm307
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| Bm307
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| Then I decide to climb directly towards bm308
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There are two routes to bm308.
This is a picture I will take tomorrow from bm304.
The red one is the one I will do today.
I followed the blue route on
7-9-2009 and on
27-8-2012 (descending by the red route).
Which one is the best? In terms of distance combined with effort, there is not much difference.
But after this trip I will conclude that the blue one is easier in terms of wayfinding.
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| There are some cairns guiding you uphill
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| Looking back at Col du Somport
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| Continuing uphill
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| Getting closer to the final climb
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| The last part in sight
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| A bit further on
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| You have to go around underneath this rock summit, it is too steep to climb directly to bm308.
At the N-side of the hillridge you can climb on the grassy hillside
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| to bm308.
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| Bm308. looking W
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| Bm308
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| Bm308
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| Bm308
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| Bm308
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| Bm308
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| Walking W on the hillridge and looking back to bm308
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| A view ahead to the N with my approximate route.
On the maps we see also a trail over the hillridge but traversing along the hillside is easier and faster.
Within an hour I will arrive at the trail climbing to bm309.
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| On my way
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| continuing, mostly on cattle tracks
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| until I reach the stream which descends from the Ibon de Escalar, close to bm309.
On the other side the trail uphill to the Ibon and bm309.
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I know enough: traversing along the hillside until you can connect to
the trail to bm309 is an efficient connection between bm308 and 309.
I descend along the trail
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| to the ski station of Astún.
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| Looking back to where the trail to bm309 starts from the ski station.
Walking back along the road to
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| Col du Somport
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TRIP 2
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I drive to a large parking at the ski resort of Candanchu.
I want to visit in the remaining 2-3 hours bm296.
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track-20210615-trip2.kml
(click to open this trip
in Google
Earth or copy link to Google Maps; click right on this
link to download gpx-version). The gps-track has not been
manually corrected which explains the
inaccuracy and misalignment at some points. For cartographic
backgrounds: see the cartography-page
Gps-waypoints of all bordermarkers (most recent version):
kml: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.kml
gpx: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.gpx
(with elevation added by gpsvisualizer.com)
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected original track):
Distance: 7,6 km
Max-height: 1658m
Min-height: 1522m
Elevation: +403m -399m
Total elevation: 802m
Start 15:23 Finish 18:25
Total time: 3:02 |
| Progress is easy on these dirtroads
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| Then I continue on a trail
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| that traverses a forest
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| and returns in open terrain with the Pas d'Aspe in the far distance. That's where bm296 is.
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| The trail traverses this rockslide
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| to arrive at this signpost.
The old continuation to the stream has apparently slided away and there is a new diversion.
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| The signpost
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| Along the diversion-path I arrive at the stream.
The trail crosses the stream but I will climb along the stream upstream.
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| But that is not easy. There is a lot of water in the stream and I have to climb over rocks to get higher.
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| Finally I get blocked at this point. Only 40m to bm296 still but I have to return.
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| On my way back to the trail, this impression of the landslides.
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| I have a look how to get to bm296 on a different route, higher on the hillside, above the landslides.
I will try the red route tomorrow.
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| Walking back, descending to the forest
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| and arriving at the plateau to return to my car.
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I drive to camping Le Gave d'Aspe in Urdos to check in and pitch my tent for the coming days.
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