The
bordermarkers of the Pyrenees : all my trips
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- 26 may
2009 -
Markers in the mist
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esfr-trip-track-20090510.kml
(click to open in Google
Earth or copy link to Google Maps;
click right on this
link to download gpx-version)
Part of a 16-days trip, using day 1-10 to cover bm154 to 264 in the
eastern Pyrenees and day 11-16 for bm416 to 365 near Bagnères-de-Luchon.
Day 2: along the borderridge from bm156 to 174.
Straying away from the border is not possible, there's a sturdy fence
along the bordermarkers. I go up and down along the borderridge at
1100-1200m until the 250m descent to Col d'Ehunzaroy.
Weather: foggy, rainy, cold. Limited views.
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For explanation of
the gps-coordinates and other cartographic backgrounds:
see my cartography page
En route: ± 10-17h, =7.01h including ± 3/4h break.
According to my watch: up 675m, down 911m, = in total 1586, Hmax 1250m Lmin 922m
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According
to visugpx
- distance : 10.84 km
- cum. elevation gain : 404 m
- cum. elevation loss : 603 m
- total elevation: 1007 m
- altitude maxi : 1259 m
- altitude mini : 970 m
- altitude average : 1164 m
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A late start around 10am because of the rain.
From the road between bm154 and 155 - at the curve - you can pick up
the borderline, the borderfence soon appearing at your right hand. A
bit further:
bm156
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I notice this orange waymark but you don't need waymarks or directions to navigate. Just follow the borderfence.
There are dirtroads/trails underneath the ridge at the French side but you don't need them.
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Then I arrive at bm158 which I mistake
for bm157 because of the vague engravings. When I get at bm159, I
realize something is wrong.
I return and find out with my gps (measuring the distance) that my bm157 is bm158.
I walk back to where bm157 should be but there's no trace. This picture: approximately the spot of bm157.
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Bm158
The bordermarkers on this ridge are striking by their massive and large proportions.
Some - looking more recent - are made of concrete with superficially carved numbers.
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Bm159
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Bm160
Some of the markers are - like this one - masonry with a large number engraved in the lower part. They look older.
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Bm161
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Bm161, backside
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Bm162
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Bm163
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Bm163, backside
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Bm164
Around here, I take a break/lunch in a hunter's shelter.
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Bm165
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Bm166
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Bm167
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Bm167
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Bm168, in the background a
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geodetic marker.
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Bm169
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Bm170
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Bm170, backside
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Bm171
Another type of marker: large and made of massive stone, it seems
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Bm171, backside.
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Bm171
Note the very large characters.
From here, it's a considerable descent to Col d'Ehunzaroy
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Bm172
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Bm172
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Bm173
Somewhere here I hurt my leg when I slip away on the steep hillside.
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Bm173, backside
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The final part of the descent to Col d'Ehunzaroy
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Col d'Ehunzaroy with bm174
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Bm174
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Bm174
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This is a perfect place to stop, close
to Col d'Ehunzaroy. It's a sort of unattended refuge with bunkbeds and
running water. But - according to an announcement inside - you need to
call the owner for his approval.
So I decide to camp outside.
For a little while it's sunny but soon it rains again. If it rains here, it seems to be raining the entire day.
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