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wednesday 2 august
2017 -
Near Gavarnie: roundtrip along 319 and 318
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Summary: part of 13 day-trips in
the Pyrenees, covering various
targets from the Basque country up to Llivia.
Today: from Col de Tentes near Gavarnie a roundtrip along bm319 and 218
Weather: cloudy, strong winds
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track-20170802.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
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According to Google Earth:
8,7km, max-height 2377m, min-height 2017m, elevation: +605m -605m
Start 9:36 Finish 13:06
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| Breakfast room in Hotel d'Annecy in Lourdes, my favorite hotel where few things change over the years.
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| Driving to the parking spot at Col de Trentes above Gavarnie.
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| The path - former tarmac road of an apparently never accomplished cross-border connection to Spain - to Port de Boucharo.
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Panorama: at the port de Boucharo a trail start to iconic Brèche de Roland.
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| An information board tells more about
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the cross-border relations and transportation. The Port de Boucharo has always been an important borderpass
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| Almost at Col de Boucharo, this is the start of the descent towards Gavarnie.
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| Approaching Col de Boucharo
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| The boulder at the Port de Boucharo
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| with a plaque.
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| The bordercross 319 is at the other side
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| Looking towards France
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| Bm319
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| Looking into Spain, I descend along the trail.
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| Having descended a while and looking back to Port de Boucharo.
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| Approaching a cabin which is at the bifurcation of the main GRPdesBF-trail to Port de Boucharo and the variant via bm318
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bit beyond (downhill) the cabin. To the right: towards Port de
Boucharo, to the left : towards the electric transmission tower the
variant via bm318. The trail to bm318 is yellow waymarked.
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| A look into the cabin, could be a bad weather refuge, nothing more.
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| N of the cabin a trail starts
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| but if you lose it: no problem. Just follow grosso modo the electric high-voltage lines which passes the border at Col de Espécières (bm318).
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| The trail brings you you to this lake
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| and to Col de Espécières with
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| bm318
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| In comparison with bm319 a neatly carved cross and number. It looks like a loose rock.
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| Looking into France
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| with a zoom-in to the parking spot at Col de Trentes where my car is parked.
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| Bm318
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| Looking into Spain
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| Descending into France
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| Enough bivouac opportunities here at Lac des Espécières |
| An
intriguing information board with "NO KILL" which I have seen more
often. It means that any fish caught has to be released (see this page).
Many tourists around in this holiday season, I find a camping in Luz Saint Savour.
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