Pyrenees Guide service:
made to measure hiking and trekking
Hiking, trekking and walking in the French
Pyrenees mountains
(
Carlit Massive, Eastern French
Pyrenees)
Your dates
best period : from june,1 to july 14 : SPRING
(AND MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT?) IN THE PYRENEAN PEAKS
also nice in summer
Level of difficulty **,
Landscape and photos ***, Wildlife ***, Flowers ***
Real trekking = hiking with rucksack and tent and
only what one really needs up into the mountains, walking along less known paths
only know by those shepherds and mountaineers that know and find them
because they live here. Level can be adapted choosing
other paths for families with kids.
For more comfortable but less adventurous
made to measure hikes, treks or walks from hut to hut
click here
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Alpine flora in bloom is guaranteed, plus snow on high ground and the chance to
observe chamois, mouflons and marmots, and to take some good nature photos.
This trekking tour takes us by the most beautiful lakes and scenery in the
Pyrenees mountains region between
Carlit and Ax-les-Thermes.
There
are also a couple of bears living in the area we cross, and with a bit of luck
we'll come find some of their tracks.
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Day
1, 2 and 3 : In to the southern part of the Lanous Reserve
: Meeting point is Hospitalet
près l'Andorre Railway station 9 o'clock (night train from Paris arrives
here at 8) Transfer by car to our starting point. (1600M) Garcie valley,
Lake Coume d'Or, Lake Lanous (2230m) through some wild lonely valleys now
full of blooming flowers strolling trying not to scare the marmots - they
just got their babies now - from outlook to even more beautiful view looking
for a nice places to put up our tent somewhere underneath peak Castel Isard
where live the chamois (called Isard here) near a lake or clear mountain
stream. As evening comes we go for a walk looking for chamois and moufflons
(wild sheep) until the darks invites us to our tent.
Hiking
along
Lanous across some less know pass off
the paths and along sheep trails to the blue lakes between peak de
la coumetta d'Espagna and the Grave valley.
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Day
4, 5 and 6: To the area of outstanding Natural Beauty (Site Classé)
Camporelles : Hiking landscape
is different here looks more like a "canadian" mixture of high
meadows, woods and hidden mountain lake. We camp near the calm and
beautiful main lake or overnight in the open hut (2240M) here.
Climbing
peak Peric (2810M), with just what we need for the day.
Exploring cool Cirque de Morties,(up to 2500M), de la Caiche
pass, Estany del Diable the Devils Lake. It's full of flowers here, this
is really spring in the high mountain, lots of yellow, blue, white and
some red flowers : pulsatilas, anemones, gentians and lesser know lilies
and orchis. In the higher valleys Chamois moms left the herd to get
their lambs so we don't make to much noise, probably we're the only
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Day
7, 8 and 9: Val
de Galbe :
there
still may be plenty of snow in the higher part almost like in
winter but this is June. Hiking along old almost
forgotten paths on the mountain edge between the Orlu reserve and Val de
Galbe climbing Pic Moustier (2605M) and Pic de Terres (2540) with
their beautiful views. Peak de la Montagnette (2434M) and back to the
main Camporells lake (2240M) for a day off.
Day 10 and 11: Central Carlit massif :
Walking to Bouillouses lake,
through the Désert du
Carlit (yes it means desert) a wild high upland plane with no
well until Tres Fonts
(the 3 wells) and
Estany de Col Roig lake(2247m). Through
Col Roig pass if snow as melted enough along Peak Oriental de Col Roig
to
Peak Carlit (2971M) and down to Estany Forcats (2457M) lake.
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Day 12, 13 und 14 hiking Northern part of the Lanous
reserve. Across the
barrage ( 2300M) and
Col de Lanos (2468M) back to Estany de la Coume d'Or (2466M).
Climbing of Peak de Coume
d'Or (2826M) , Lake Besines (1980M) and back to Hospitalet.
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Pyrenees Guide service:
Basic cost :
180€ per day. Membership fee included.
Membership conditions
Included : guiding, 3-4 person tents, cookers, sleeping
mats
Not included : food
and travelcosts.
When
staying in huts the guide's costs (board and
lodging) are yours, this is usual.
When needed :
some
single person tents, rucksacks and sleeping bags are available and can be
hired (2€ per overnight each) make
sure to contact Richard in time (now!)
to hear if he's still free for trekking or hiking in the Pyrenees the period you want. Leader : Richard van
Egdom. experienced and certified mountain leader, lives in the Pyrenees knows
them as the back of his hand. Contact him
in time check available dates :
Richard
Practical information : Tips for a lighter Rucksack, how to get to the
Pyrenees, more about us,
click here
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Ask for these trek
contact
Richard our
guide.
Make your rucksack (see
checklist) and be in Miglos the night before (see
: how to get there)
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