The
bordermarkers of the Pyrenees : all my trips
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1 june
2009 -
No marker on the Pic d'Orhy
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esfr-trip-track-20090601.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 8: continuing along the border from approximately bm234bis, over the Pic d'Orhy and finishing near bm242.
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For explanation of
the gps-coordinates and other cartographic backgrounds:
see my cartography page
En route: 10-18.15, 8.17h, no break.
According to my watch: up 1409m down 1265m = 2674m in total. Hmax 2013m Lmin 1297m
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According
to visugpx
- distance : 12.91 km
- cum. elevation gain : 986 m
- cum. elevation loss : 829 m
- total elevation: 1815
- altitude maxi : 2002 m
- altitude mini : 1292 m
- altitude average : 1685 m
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late start, 10am. I return to the tarmac road and climb SEE along a
sort of stream-bed or cleft- keep that at the right - to the hillridge.
At the hillridge, go to the right. You will pass many hunter's shelters.
This picture: I've left the shelters behind me. The Pic d'Orhy is visible in the far distance.
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The
hill-ridge becomes a rock-ridge and it's not obvious where the summit
(the Zazpigain) is. On - what I think is the summit - I make a
gps-waypoint and ± 150m further (Procès-Verbal) I start searching for
bm235. That location fits with the description of the borderline: where
a ravine coming from bm234bis ends at the ridge.
It's a rocky terrain, requiring some rock scramble, with some trails
underneath. But no matter how I search, there's no trace of a a
bordercross.
This picture: looking from approximately the summit of Zazpigain along the borderridge towards Pic d'Orhy (in the clouds).
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In 2010 Robert Darrieumerlou reported that he had found this cross.
And showed me - embarrassing - that the location is visible on my
own picture. It's somewhere between the Zazpigain and the spot where I searched.
I couldn't believe that I missed it but learned later that this
bordercross is ± 150m off the borderline. I didn't expect it there and
didn't search there.
See Robert's pictures on this page
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I continue on the ridge, that means
first a short but steep & slippery descent on the E-side and
climbing back on a decent path to the ridge, passing this gate.
This picture: looking back. One can see the slippery (whitish) descent and the more gentle climb to this gate.
I search a bit along the steep rockridge from this side but no bm235 here either.
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There's a distinct worn-out trail along the ridge to Pic d'Orhy which is shrouded in clouds.
The Pic is in fact a horizontal ridge of ± 150m with a geodetic pillar at the N-side.
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At the S-side there's this metal pole with a sign "Pic d'Ory"
etcetera. Not looking very official. I can't find a bm236 on the ridge. Is it vandalized?
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I descend on worn paths to Port de Larreau.
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Zoom-in of Port de Larreau.
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Hunter's shelters along the borderridge.
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Port de Larreau, both bm237 and bm237bis are visible,
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as you can see better at this zoom-in.
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Bm237
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A sign warning against the danger of
hunters shooting the migratory birds and a hand-written outcry of a
protester: "So what?? Gang of savages".
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This is interesting: there's a long-distance path in the basque country, partly covering the esfr-border.
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Bm237bis
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Bm237bis
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And then - after all that searching -
I can now speed up. There's a strong wind, it's sunny, only the Pic
d'Orhy covered in clouds.
I continue on the borderridge and find
bm238 and
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bm239.
Then it's easier to traverse underneath the next hill-summit (S of it) to
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bm240.
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Bm240, backside
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Then it's quite a climb to
bm241 and then
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descending to
bm242.
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Bm242
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I can collect water from the melting
snow, still lying underneath bm242, and descend to the N to this valley
to bivouac. The wind has become cold.
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