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thursday 14 april
2022 -
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Carlos & Conchita bm143, solo redoing bm186-190
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Summary:
part of a series of 10 daytrips in april 2022 in the Basque country,
mainly redoing bm085 to 197. This is day 6.
Today: first Carlos & Conchita and I do together the difficult bm143. In the afternoon, I cover solo bm186 to bm190.
Weather: first trip foggy, second trip slightly cloudy.
Basecamp: camping Irouleguy in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry.
The part with Carlos & Conchita also to be seen on their website.
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Trip 1 - bm143 (with Carlos & Conchita)
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From the pass of Korrotako lepoa we will descend to bm143.
After that, I will do solo a reconnaissance of a shortcut towards bm145.
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected track with elevation added by Gpsvisualizer.com):
Distance: 3,5km
Max-height: 845m
Min-height: 635m
Elevation: +562m -561m
Total elevation: 1123m
Start 10:28 Finish 13:12
Total time: 2:44
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track-20220414-trip1.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
Gps-waypoints of all bordermarkers (most recent version):
kml: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.kml
gpx: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.gpx
(with elevation added by gpsvisualizer.com) |
| Carlos and Conchita have picked me up at the camping.
Parking at the pass of Korrotake lepoa.
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| First descending on a dirtroad below the tarmac road to bm142, then descending down the hillside, no trails.
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| We approach a sort of
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| landmark on the descent to bm143: two rocky humps which form a sort of balcony.
You can pass through them and then the slope gets steeper and sometimes slippery.
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| Getting closer to the stream where I spot the yellow (probably saying in Basque language 'hunting reserved') on a tree.
I rember that from 3 days ago (on 11-4-2022)
Bm143 is ± 20-30m to the N.
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| Zoom-in of the yellow sign.
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| Then easily finding bm143.
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| Arriving at bm143.
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| Bm143
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| Bm143
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| Bm143, with both parts (it is split vertically in half).
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| Bm143
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| Bm143, both parts.
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| Bm143
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| Bm143
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| Bm143
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| Bm143, the last picture.
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| Climbing back.
Carlos and Conchita will continue to bm142 but I want to do a reconnaissance of a shortcut to bm144.
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What is this reconnaissance?
This is my route on 11-4-2022 from bm143 towards bm145.
A direct crossing of the stream below bm143 would be the fastest way but I found the stream-borders too steep.
So I tried the red route but wondered if the yellow shortcut could be an option.
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| On this trail (between bm143 and the dirtroad) I go N.
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| It's a fine trail but
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| gets overgrown later on.
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| But a bit before that, there is a trail going downhill into the forest and there fading away
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| but I can spot the mudstream(bed) cq trail
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| which (zoom-in) I found on 11-4-2022 which brings you nicely to the bridge.
So this is a useful shortcut towards bm144. Mission accomplished.
I climb back - with some difficulty - to the car.
Back at the car we meet again and drive back, I take a nap in the car.
They drop me at the camping and I drive to my second trip.
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Trip 2 - bm186-190 (solo)
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track-20220414-trip2.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
Gps-waypoints of all bordermarkers (most recent version):
kml: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.kml
gpx: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.gpx
(with elevation added by gpsvisualizer.com)
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected track with elevation added by Gpsvisualizer.com):
Distance: 4,4km
Max-height: 745m
Min-height: 573m
Elevation: +230m -230m
Total elevation: 460m
Start 15:15 Finish 17:05
Total time: 1:50 |
| Approximately the same parking spot as yesterday.
Note the trees to the right, that's where
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| the distinct trail starts
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| going downhill
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| towards the borderfence
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| and meeting the fence at bm185.
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| I continue along the fence to bm186.
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| Bm186
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| Bm186
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| Bm186, looking back.
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| Continuing to bm187.
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| Bm187
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| Bm187
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| Bm187, looking back.
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| Bm187
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| Then I arrive at bm188,
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| still lying flat, covered with branches now.
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| I do a lot of pruning to uncover bm188.
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| Bm188
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| Bm188
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| Bm188
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| Bm188
The trail that brought me up to here, now stops.
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On 27-5-2009 there was still a clear continuation of the trail leading to bm189.
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| But now - just beyond bm188 - there is now a fence.
What does this mean? I cannot use this route for the main route of my GRPdesBF-trail as I did on this stage. As a variant it's OK.
So I have to think of an alternative main route for this stage.
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| I cross the fence and now look back.
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| There is still a sort of track between 2 fences but it is hardly used nowadays.
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| Nevertheless it brings me to bm189.
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| Bm189
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| Bm189
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| Bm189
Beyond bm189, that old trail gets too overgrown, it will be even worse in summertime.
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| So I leave the trail and enter the meadow to the left
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| and continue until I spot bm190.
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| Bm190
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| Bm190
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| Bm190
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| Bm190
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| Bm190.
As you can see, there is a vague trail just above bm190. I will try that tomorrow because now time is running out.
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| Through the meadows, I find my way back to the tarmac road.
Along the road back to my car.
At night: dinner with Carlos & Conchita.
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