The Pyrenees the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the tiny country of Andorra sandwiched in between. We spent 5 nights in Estaing, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Walking in the valley up to the the lake is mainly on the road but this was due to several avalanches that had impacted upon the GR10 path way. At the lake there are several opportunities to explore the midi Pyrenees with paths that lead deep into the mountains, we chose the direct route straight up the valley.
The objective was to reach the lake at an altitude of over 2000m, however with the snow it was proving too be more of a challenge than we had anticipated.
At 1600m we called it a day as the next snow fall required ice axes and crampons which we had not packed, plus the unfortunate on looker spoke volumes.
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