(tomernz) said:hey david.
me & 2 friend (so much for the SAS speculations....) want
to go from Espot (i hear there is a bu from Barcelona about
twice a day, and the taxi is about 8Km form val d'aneu so
it's not that bad) to Vielha, from june 11 to june 15th,
and the to walk the prazan - torla route from 17/6-20/6 do
you think it will be wiser to walk the second route the
opposite direction (torla to prazan)? best regards, tomer
BTW i would gladly get u that beer, but i already booked
the flights....
There are LandRover buses from Espot up into the National
Park, which is worth doing to save a trudge up the track.
It's either free or peanuts, and takes you to Lake Maurici,
from memory. It's then three not too long stages to,
firstly, Colomers refuge (not too good IMHO - others have
told me d'Amitges is a delight by comparison, but that
would give you an impossibly long day to get to Restanca
for the second night, and thirdly Restanca to Hospital de
Vielha. On this latter stage, take the southern loop if you
can (Lac de Mar, Tort de Ruis). You may need
crampons/axe/poles for some of this in mid-June, but I
guess you've done your research anyway.
From Vielha (which you'll need to hitch to from Hospital de
Vielha) it's quite a lot quicker to go into France, via
Bagneres and St-Lary, to the Bielsa tunnel and thus
Bielsa/Parzan (Bielsa is perfect to stay in at this point
anyway), than to try and get to Torla (also a great place to
overnight). So although most people will be going in the
opposite direction to you - which will make it seem busier
than it really is - Bielsa > Torla makes sense for you. When
you get into the Circo de Pineta, if you're feeling flush
check into the Parador, and if you're feeling less flush
it's still essential to wander in, upstairs, out onto the
verandah and ask the nice man in the uniform to bring you
the best-tasting gin & tonic you've had for ages, for a
remarkably modest sum, while you gaze with horror at the
following morning's ascent straight opposite.
The Goriz refuge, by the way, although huge, is often very
busy; probably worth phoning ahead (as you're supposed to do
for all of them). Don't drink the red vino, and don't ask me
why a helicopter-supplied refuge has such bad wine in heavy
glass specimen bottles. The "clavijas" route down into the
head of the Ordesa canyon is not too scary, and saves time.
You can hitch, or there may be a minibus, from the Ordesa
car park down into Torla.
Finally, *please* post details of the public transport when
you get back, both how you got from Barcelona to Espot, and
how you returned from Torla to Barcelona. I'm not the only
one who would be interested, I'm sure.
Enjoy.
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All the best David Millen Xativa, Valencia please reply in
group if you have to email me, remove the obvious:
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