Le refuge des bésines par la porteille
Une traversée exigeante de gare à gare entre Mérens-les-Vals et l'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre, suivant le GR 10 le long du ruisseau du Nabre jusqu'aux sources sulfureuses, puis remontant vers l'étang de l'Estagnas et le refuge des Bésines, avant de franchir la Porteille des Bésines et son imposant cairn pour…
- 💧 10 drinking water points mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
- ✓ Tested by Caminada route walked and described in person by the site's editor in January 2024
Description
Une traversée exigeante de gare à gare entre Mérens-les-Vals et l'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre, suivant le GR 10 le long du ruisseau du Nabre jusqu'aux sources sulfureuses, puis remontant vers l'étang de l'Estagnas et le refuge des Bésines, avant de franchir la Porteille des Bésines et son imposant cairn pour redescendre le long de l'étang des Bésines.
Description provided by Caminada, in French.
When to go
High mountain: snow from November to May Highest point: 2,318 m.
High-altitude route. Outside the summer months it is a winter hike: equipment, experience and an avalanche bulletin are needed.
Best season: June to October.
Getting there by train
This route links two stations: you can walk it in either direction, without coming back to where you started.
- Andorre – l’Hospitalet station start · 1 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Mérens-les-Vals station finish · 1 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 2h21 by train
- Carcassonne 3h27 by train
Indicative times from SNCF GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Other hikes from Andorre – l’Hospitalet
Data source
Data produced by Caminada
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