Pyrenees Traverse

Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage 29th & 30th October: Day 27 & 28 Day 27: 13 miles – 3,061ft ascentDay 28: 13 miles – 2,631ft ascent; Cumulative: 412 miles – 119,063ft I leave Pas de la Casa. Slow going in the snow, though only calf deep at this point. As I get higher there’s a whiteout and I drop down […]

Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage 20th & 21st October: Day 18 & 19 Day 18: 0 miles, 0ft ascent. A day off. The shop in Salardu is closed, so I’m burning through my supplies. I think this is where I make a mistake: my guidebook refers to the ‘6 day wilderness’ but turns out that’s just a

Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage 9th October: Day 7 Today: 12 miles – 4,375ft ascent; Cumulative: 127 miles, 35,855ft ascent First day into the High Pyrenees. I don’t see a single person all day.  I stop early at a big refuge – it’s closed, but it has a ‘winter room’ underneath that’s left open in the off

Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage Prologue Walking the Pyrenean Haute Route from the Atlantic. There’s 506 miles to the Mediterranean, I’ve got a full bottle of meths, half a kilo of peanut butter, it’s hot and I’m wearing a raincoat. Hit it 3rd October: Day 1 Today: 21 miles – 5,977ft ascent I camp with a