Lac du marcadu and refuge wallon

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Trail stats

Distance: 15.17 mi
Elevation gain: 3,638 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 3,638 ft
Max elevation: 7,956 ft
TrailRank: 46
Min elevation: 4,681 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: 5 hours 45 minutes
Time: 8 hours 35 minutes
Coordinates: 4412
Uploaded: December 3, 2020
Recorded: June 2020

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near Cauterets, Occitanie (France)

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Itinerary description

Very good walk went o0p way to most. Be careful sheep dog! Long walk to do in a day. Stay a5 refuge.

Waypoints

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Start of walk just by big info office and cable car and carpark

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Go off Rd by signs and along cobble track and up to waterfall

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Cascade de espagne

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From pont d'espagne go round back of restaurant on the surfaced Rd through gate and follow sign for cabane de clot

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At next junction 50m later continue straight along road

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Refuge de clot

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Can go either way here but nicer to start with the newer busier route going kwdt

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Small waterfalls

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Just past waterfall trail rejoins Rd and the now wide and sluggish marcadu river

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At this point (not normally a carpark is just for work on refuge) you can either go round on lake route by taking the right trail or go to refuge on left trail. We go to refuge first so go left

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The road has now discreetly faded into an ancient stone path keep following

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Cross wooden bridge

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Trail enters some pretty valleys

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Valley opens up at last and views

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Take right fork here 15 min from refuge

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Refuge wallon work

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From refuge wallon take the trail around the backside of the next door chapel that goes up (heading nw) a thin Rocky trail that leaves river

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U reach a small plateau after ten min. The trail forks one branch going st4aight nw towards some waterfalls and another right and more north and uphill through forest. Go straight on but both trails meet 59m later

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After dog diversion rejoined the trail here

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Climbing towards lac nere but looking back towards wallon

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Cross fast flowing slippery stream on rocks here

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Lac nere

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Lac nere looking wallon

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Looking back way came

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Lac p????

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Lac p???

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Descend here turning right at end of kake

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Descending to other lakes

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First lake going down again

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And the little lake going down. Path easy to follow but rocky

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Greenish smaller lake

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And a third lake going down

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Just when u thought walk had given all it could...

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Go left here away from river

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Walk goes down over rocky terrain with increàsing vegetation then crosses this stream and an avalanche slope

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I think u turn right here and keep going down. Trail less rocky now

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After a solid 50min descent the last 39min very steep the trail finally levels out close to the junction

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A moment later back at crossroads and b4idge but don't cross it. Instead stay on left (true right) bank and descend straight ahead (it's signed)

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Straight ahead here. Now following trail u walked up but on opposite bank

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Straight oñ here

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Route sails up on a low ridge past a waterfall that we passed in morning

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Refuge du clot but seems to be closed. Now backing surfaced road we walked at start of walk and a few min back to carpark

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Pont d'espagne history 1

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Pont d'espagne natural history

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Overpriced tourist resto

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0rices for telesiege

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