GR11 Pyrenees crossing

July, 2020

18Jul(Jul 18)8:00 am24(Jul 24)5:30 pmGR11 Pyrenees crossingPLACES AVAILABLE!

Event Details

 CROSSING IN PYRENEES GR11

Enjoy this journey through the Pyrenees with Torla Guides.

In this 6-day journey we will visit one of the most beautiful and exciting areas of the Pyrenees. We will have the opportunity to see the three valleys that make up the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. Ascend to mythical peaks like Monte Perdido. Tour the valley of the river Ara, visit many lakes, such as the Blue, Tebarray, Respumoso ... where we will have the opportunity to refresh ourselves. We will spend the night and rest in different mountain refuges where we will experience the mountain environment.

 

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Travel:

Day 1 Pineta-Goriz

We will start the journey early to face what will be the strongest climb of the entire route. In just 4km we will have to overcome 1.200 meters of unevenness. After crossing the river we will ascend through a lush forest. The culminating point will be the Collado de Añisclo where majestic views will surprise us. We will have at our back the bottom of the Valley of Pineta that hours before we have left, the peaks of de la Munia, plains of La Larri, in front of the Cañon de Añisclo that opens like a crack in the ground. From the hill we will ascend towards the chain passes, it is about two aerial sections equipped with chains to hold us and help us to avoid them. After this section we will be in the belt of Las Olas where the views of the Canyon from here are unbeatable. At this point we can access the gutter that would take us to Pico de las Olas. Continuing along the strip, we will pass below Pico Añisclo and Torre de Goriz y Arrrablo. From this point in less than an hour and a half we will be at the Goriz refuge.

  • Distance: 16km approx
  • Elevation: 1400 positive, 500 negative.

There is the possibility from Collado de Añisclo to go down to Font Blanca and later go up to Collado de Arrablo. This route is the normal one for the GR11 and involves adding an additional 400 meters of positive elevation gain and 500 more negative elevation gain to the route. It would also prevent us from ascending to Pico de las Olas. If we decide to ascend to this 3000 we should add another 300 meters of unevenness.

Day 2 Goriz-Monte Perdido-Goriz

After having a good breakfast in Goriz, around 7:00 a.m. we will leave for this emblematic summit of the Pyrenees. As soon as we leave the refuge we will find a wall that we will have to climb up several steps. Continuously climbing we will arrive at the shelter immediately we will find the first climb, short but which requires our attention. We will arrive at the City of Stone, a huge kaos of rocks that will have to be overcome to continue the ascent. Then we will find an area of ​​white limestone polished by the passage of people that will require our attention. After a false plain we will reach the crossing of the ravine that drains the meager southern glacier of Monte Perdido, this will be equipped with a chain. From this point in little more than 20 minutes we will reach the Frozen Lake and we will have the famous spittoon in sight. At this point we will take the opportunity to hydrate and eat something to face the last section while we enjoy the views of the Cylinder, the Cuello del Cilindro and the Frozen Lake. It will cost us about an hour and a quarter to ascend this last section to reach the summit, a little before we will make a small stop to see the Glacier of the North Face.

The descent will be made by the same itinerary of ascent. Back in Goriz we will rest the afternoon to face the next day with guarantees.

  • Elevation: 1200 positive 1200 negative

Day 3 Goriz –Bujaruelo

We will leave Goriz towards the Ordesa Valley, the descent will be made along the path of the mules avoiding the passage of the Soaso Pegs, arriving in an hour to the famous waterfall Cola de Caballo. During the descent of the Valley we will visit the successive waterfalls that we will find as the Grades, Cave and Strait and we will enjoy the Hague forest and a little below that of fir and boxwood, enjoying this wonderful environment such as the circuses of Cotatuero and Salarons, the walls of the chicken coop until you reach the Puente de los Navarros. From this point we will ascend the Ara river along a path through the forest enjoying the view of the river at our side to our resting point, San Nicolás de Bujaruelo where we can take a bath in its fresh waters at the height of the Romanesque bridge to relax the muscles.

  • Elevation 1200 meters negative and 100 positive.
  • 23Km distance

There is the possibility of making another alternative route through the Rolando Gap, for this Goriz we will ascend to the Gap through the Dumper and the Gasterez Cave. From the Gap there is also the option to ascend another 3000 the Taillon (300 more positive meters). In a prolonged descent we will access San Nicolás through Sarrades and the Port of Bujaruelo. On this route we can see part of the Cirque de Gavarnie the peaks of the Cascade, Casco, Gabietos and cross a mythical passage in the Pyrenees such as the Roland Gap.

  • Elevation: 700 positive and 1600 negative
  • Distance: 16km

Day 4 Bujaruelo- Bachimaña

This day we will go up the Ara River to the Choza de los Batanes. Before we will pass through the Garganta del Ara covered by a lush forest arriving at the Ordiso cabin, passing this we will go to the Cervillonar Cabin and through high meadows. Arrived at the Choza de los Batanes we will ascend to the old port of Bratazo from where we will have unbeatable views of the Ibones de Bratazo and Los Batanes. After the hill, we will descend to the Bratazo Reservoir and without slopes we will go to the Bachimaña refuge through the shortcut of the tubes without going through Baños de Panticosa.

  • Distance: 23km
  • Elevation: 1200 positive and 400 negative

There is the possibility of crossing the line through the Collado de Letrero, turning off at the Chota de Batanes and ascending to the Ibones de Batanes and going down to the refuge through the ibons of Bramatuero, increasing the route by 100 meters.

Day 5 Bachimaña-Resumoso.

From Bachimaña we will ascend to the Collado de los infernos, passing first through the Bachimaña reservoir and then through the Blue Lakes. From them we will have the opportunity to see the north face of the Picos de los Infiernos. Arrived at the Ibon de Tebarrai we will flank it on the side to reach the Collado de Piedrafita. From this point in descent we will go to the Respumoso Shelter, passing through the Ibon de Llana Cantal and enjoying the views of the peak of the same name.

  • Slope: 650m positive and 650 negative
  • 11Km distance

During the tour you can ascend to Pondiellos peak or Llana Cantal Peak

Day 6 Resumoso-Sallent

From Respumoso we will descend to Sallent town passing through the little sister of the Virgen de las Nieves that is located in the respumoso reservoir, Cheto plain and the Onso pass and enjoying the forests that the Selva de Soba and La Laña offer us. . We will cross the Sarra Reservoir and descend to the beautiful town of Sallent

  • Slope: 900m negative
  • Distance: 11Km

 

We have the possibility during the journey to alternate with the GR10 on French terrain. To do this, passing the Roland Gap, we would descend to Gavarnie to later ascend through the Ossoue valley to the Oulettes refuge. Where we will have the impressive views of the north face of Vignemale. From here we will descend to the Font de Spagne and go up to the Vallon refuge. From this refuge, passing through the Col de la Gran Facha, we will arrive at Respumoso.

Time

18 (Saturday) 8:00 am - 24 (Friday) 5:30 pm

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