The
bordermarkers of the Pyrenees : all my trips
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- 22 august
2011 -
Giant bordermarkers
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esfr-trip-track-20110822.kml
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Summary:
part of a 3-weeks trip to the Pyrénées to 'do' the ± 60
remaining bordermarkers. All done as daytrips from campings.
Day 8:
A short trip from Col de Somport, doing bm304-298
Weather: sunny, very strong winds
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For
explanation of
the gps-coordinates and other cartographic backgrounds:
see my cartography page
En route (±): 14.45 - 18.00 (3.15h)
According to the gps-tripteller:
Distance: 8,1km
Cum. elevation gain : 568m
Total elevation: 1136m
Maximum height: 1728m
Time: 3.16h
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According
to visugpx
- distance : 7,6km
- cum. elevation gain : 182m
- cum. elevation loss : 187m
- total elevation: 369m
- altitude maxi : 1718m
- altitude mini : 1554m
- altitude average : 1657m
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This day was
supposed to be a resting day but the backpackers menu at a Candanchu
bar needed some digestion.
At the Spanish side of the Col du Somport, I climb to the St. Mary's chapel and pickup a trail there.
It climbs through a forest and leads you underneath a hilltop with
bm304 on top of it.
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Bm304
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Bm304
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The trail leads you further to bm303.
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Bm303
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Bm303
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Bm303 in the background.
A green/yellow waymarking has appeared and can be followed until bm300.
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After bm303, don't go this way, it's a military shooting area on Spanish soil.
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This is the trail to follow.
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Both bm302 and bm301 are crosses and quite hidden in the
undergrowth. They are 15-20 away from the path on small hilltops
and not visible from the path.
Note the solitary cross to the left. |
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Bm302
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Bm302
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Since bm302 is difficult to find, this clue: a dead tree to the W along the path.
Bm302 is roughly located where the trees in the background stand, 20 meters to the right of the path
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Bm301 is also quite hidden in the
undergrowth, in this case 15m from the path. |
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Bm301
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Bm301
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And a clue for bm301, looking from W to E: behind the tree on the small hilltop, that's where bm301 is.
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Bm300 lies flat in the grass.
At this point, the green/yellow
trail bends to the left but the borderline goes straight ahead over the
hillridge .
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Bm300
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Bm300, looking forward to the hillridge where a smaller trail will bring you
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to bm299.
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Bm299
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Bm299
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The first picture of bm299 again to show the next bordermarkers.
From bm299 the border is a straight line to bm297.
The next bm - bm298sub - is already visible in the valley and can be gently
reached with a semi-circle descending to it.
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Bm298sub is unnumbered.
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From bm298sub you can easily spot bm299 on the hillridge.
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Bm298sub
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On my way to bm298.
This is a view back to
- bm298sub
- the hillridge with bm299
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Bm298 is easily reached by winding SSW along a sort of path until you see this rock platform.
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Zoom-in to bm298
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Bm298
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From bm298 looking back in the direction of bm298sub and bm299.
From bm298, there's no obvious path to the next bordermarkers.
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But bm297sub2
(also a giant block) is easily found by walking two semicircles to the SSW.
Distance to bm298: ± 225m
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Bm297sub2
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Bm297sub2, looking in the direction of bm297.
The GR11-trail is 25m further. The crossing of the border of the GR11 is obvious through some ES- and FR-information panels.
I give
up by lack of time and walk on the GR11 to Candanchu and back to Col du Somport.
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