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bordermarkers of the Pyrenees : all my trips
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friday 4 september
2020 -
Doing 237-246 from Port de Larrau
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Summary:
part of a series of 6 daytrips and 1 multiday trip in september 2020 in
the Pyrénées Atlantiques. This is trip 1.
Today: from Port de Larrau a hence & forth trip from bm237 to bm246.
Weather: splendid, pretty strong wind.
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected track):
Distance: 16,1 km
Max-height: 1976m
Min-height: 1586m
Elevation: +908m -905m
Total elevation: 1813m
Start 9:52 Finish 15:14
Total time: 5:22
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have driven throught the night from Holland (departure yesterday at 1pm) to Port de
Larrau, arriving there at 09:30 (about 1400km). I slept a few
hours in the car.
This picture: bm237 is on the hillridge behind the white car.
I am going to redo the range bm237-246 because I want to 'do' every bordermarker twice. I did this range 11 years ago on 1-6-2009 and the next day.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Starting with bm237.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm237 with a view to
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Bm237bis at the other side of the Port.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm237
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm237bis
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm237bis
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm237bis
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm237bis, a geodetic marker at its side.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Then following the ridge to the east.
The ruined 'cabin' was meant for hunters for shooting migrating birds.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr238-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Bm238
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr238-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | At the foot of bm238 a kind of marker with DFN ingraved upon it.
It means "Diputacion Foral de Navarra" and that is a broad Navarran
government organisation with among his tasks the delimitation of the
border.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr238-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm238, looking back with Pic d'Orhy in the background.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr238-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm238
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Continuing along the ridge
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | with - in the far distance - a pass
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr239-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | with bm239.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr239-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm239
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr239-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm239, looking back.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Then climbing over the next hilltop and approaching
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | bm240.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm240
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm240
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm240, looking back.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm240, note the red-white waymarks.
There is a GR from Port de Larrau to Refugio de Belagua.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Red-white waymarks further on. You have to leave this trail
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr241-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | to get to bm241.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr241-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm241
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr241-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm241
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo07_small.jpg) | A view back to Pic d'Orhy.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo08_small.jpg) | Continuing on the ridge
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr242-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | to bm242.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr242-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm242
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr242-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm242, looking back.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo09_small.jpg) | Red-white signpost, picked up again.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr243-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Bm243
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr243-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm243
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr243-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm243, looking back.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr244-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Continuing to bm244
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr244-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm244
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr244-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm244
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Further on bm245
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm245
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm245, looking back
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm245
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm245, looking ahead. Bm246 is on the hilltop in the background.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo10_small.jpg) | Continuing on
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo11_small.jpg) | a vague trail along the hillside, climbing
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo12_small.jpg) | to - zoom-in - a geodetic pillar at the summit.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr246-20200904-photo01_small.jpg) | Bm246 besides the geodetic pillar.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr246-20200904-photo02_small.jpg) | Bm246
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr246-20200904-photo03_small.jpg) | Bm246, looking back.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr246-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm246
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo13_small.jpg) | A little metal box besides it
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo14_small.jpg) | with some notes in it.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr246-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm246 with at the foot a rock with a cross on it.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo15_small.jpg) | At the foot of the pillar this plate , indicating a different height than the one on the metal box.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo16_small.jpg) | Then a few pictures of the borderline ahead.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo17_small.jpg) | Zoom-in. Bm250 is at Port de Belhay.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo18_small.jpg) | Another zoom-in
I take a short break, it's too late to continue to bm247-248.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo19_small.jpg) | Then returning along the ridge
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo20_small.jpg) | with the Pic d'Orhy continuously in sight.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo21_small.jpg) | Zoom-in to Pic d'Orhy
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | On my way back, I make new pictures of the bordermarkers because the changed sunlight-angle allows better pictures.
This is bm245
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr245-20200904-photo07_small.jpg) | Bm245
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr244-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm244
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr244-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm244
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo22_small.jpg) | I remember that I descended in 2009 down the valley to the right to find a place to pitch my tent.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr243-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm243
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr243-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm243
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo23_small.jpg) | And this is that valley where I found a bivouac-spot in 2009.
Picture taken from approximately the spot of bm242. You may have to descend considerably to find water.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr242-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm242
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr242-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm242
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr241-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm241
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr241-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm241
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr241-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Bm241
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo24_small.jpg) | Some more photos of the Pic d'Orhy ahead.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo25_small.jpg) | Pic d'Orhy
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo26_small.jpg) | Pic d'Orhy zoom-in.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Bm240
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr240-20200904-photo07_small.jpg) | Bm240
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo27_small.jpg) | Horses appear,
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo28_small.jpg) | as wella as sheep further on.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo29_small.jpg) | The herd of sheep
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo30_small.jpg) | hide bm239.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr239-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm239
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr239-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm239
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr239-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Bm239
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr238-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm238
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr238-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Bm238
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo31_small.jpg) | Getting closer to
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo32_small.jpg) | Port de Larrau.
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Bm237bis
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237bis-20200904-photo07_small.jpg) | Bm237bis
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237-20200904-photo04_small.jpg) | Bm237
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237-20200904-photo05_small.jpg) | Bm237
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![](esfr-pics-bms-esfr/gp-esfr237-20200904-photo06_small.jpg) | Bm237
I'm back, my trip took 5,5 hours. Enough for today, it's time to find a camping.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo33_small.jpg) | I planned to sleep at a camping in Sainte-Engrâce but the access road will be closed tomorrow because of the Tour de France.
That will make a trip tomorrow from Sainte-Engrâce unpractical.
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![](esfr-pics-trip-photos/esfr-trip-20200904-photo34_small.jpg) | So I drive back to Larrau to its small-scale and scenic camping.
I'm tired...
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