Soldeu - Siscaro - Soldeu
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.66 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,631 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,631 ft
- Max elevation
- 8,458 ft
- TrailRank
-
54
5
- Min elevation
- 5,887 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 477
- Uploaded
- July 16, 2016
- Recorded
- July 2016
near Soldeu, Canillo (Andorra)
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Itinerary description
The flowers on the tour are breathtaking and you will for certain be stimulated to take many pictures. The tour is surrounded by magnificient mountains.
Waypoints
Intersection
6,499 ft
Cross
The word Soldeu is prononced with an "o" at the end. The word really means Sun of the God. The track has followed a road for some time and takes now to the right as a path.
Mountain pass
8,424 ft
Pass De Les Vaques
When we look back at this pass, we have a view over the Siscaro Lakes. This track now follows the ridge shortly to the top of the mountain. But it is instead possible to follow a path further down against the river Riu Gros and back to Sortenu.
Photo
7,094 ft
Rhododendron and big Mountains
The whole area is covered with an enormous amount of red Rhododendron ferrugineum flowers. And at the same time we see big mountains not far from us. This is quite overwhelming.
Bridge
6,444 ft
Riu Gros Bridge
River
7,770 ft
Riu Gros River
Our path meets here the direct path over the pass De Les Vaques. And the many different flowers can be found almost everywhere.
Lake
7,635 ft
Siscaro (Baix) Lakes
Here we pass some small lakes. The biggest has living fishes which can be seen at the surface. It is a nice place to take a little swim, but it is not a deep lake. The red Rhododendron flowers cover the whole area under a mountain nearby. It is possible to make this track longer with a walk to another lake on a path just north of this lake. The path is now heading against the pass De Les Vaques above us. And new plants make the trip up to the pass quite easy.
Summit
8,454 ft
Top of the ridge
This is a small top with a natural place for taking photographs. This track returns to the "Highway" over the Pass.
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This is an excellent route, magnificent mountains and scenery. We attempted this route in winter but decided to turn back at the Pass De Les Vaques pass as we were running out of daylight. There's a steep incline to get to the ridge on the top and it is really dangerous in winter. You definitely need the right equipment if attempting this route in winter. Ice axes and crampons are suggested. I've graded this route as difficult if attempting in winter.