Through the Spanish Pyrenees: GR11 - A Trekking Guidebook

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July 2011

Refuge change of owner, information sent by pedro gutierrez:

Refugi d'Estaon GR-11 new telephone 0034973083990.

website www.refugidestaon.cat
and email refugi@refugidestaon.cat

Variant route description missing - pg 203

Notes from Ben Collins 27 July 2010

Variant GR11-6 Refugi d'Ulledeter to Molló

Follow GR11 path down from Refugio Ulledeter to the ski road, turn left and follow the road uphill to the ski station. Take the path behind the ski station buildings that climbs NE up the valley towards the border of France. When the path reaches a stream, cross it, turn right, SE, and climb E to the grassy Portella de Morenç. Follow the faint path E and at the fork take the right-hand path that rises gently and then levels out. Stay with this path ESE, then E, then NE as it contours around the head of the valley, beneath the high points of Pic de Coma Ermada and Pic de la Llosa, to reach Portella del Callau, 2,420m.

At the col, continue forward for a few metres before turning right, SE, and picking up a waymarked path ESE towards the rocky summit of Roca Colom, 2,510m. As the path forks, take the right-hand path rising up to the summit of Roca Colom. Head S off the summit over rocky ground (waymarked initially) and then turn SE to pick up the level path traversing the hillside towards the col, Coll de Pal, 2,320m. The path becomes vague near the col but waymarks adorn some of the prominent pointed rocks. At the col there is a wooden signpost 'Collada Fenbra a Morta, 6.5km'.

Turn right at the col, SE, to head downhill and shortly pick up a good path heading ESE, traversing above the bowl of the valley below, Serra de la Balmeta. Cross over a ridge, head steeply downhill for a short distance, passing signs to the unmanned Refugio Constabona on your right, then continue on another traversing path, ESE, slowly losing height. At the next ridge, turn right, S, and follow the fence line down the ridge over Roques d'en Mercer, 1945m.

Cross the main pista and take the rising path on the opposite side, S, following the fence line. The path contours the hillside, sometimes through or below small copses of trees, and above a minor pista in the same direction. As the pista turns SSW, the path rises up SSE to reach the fence line again and at level area, passes through the fence by a narrow gate (faint red/white marks). Continue over the grassy hillside SE until you reach a good, level path, heading S, traversing the hillside. Follow this path as it turns SE, then E and heads up into the trees and rejoins the main GR11 just before the Collada de Fenbra Morta. Continue to Molló on the GR11.

Time: approximately 5 hours from Refugi d'Ulledeter to Molló

Ben says: 'I walked this route to avoid dropping down into Setcases and would highly recommend it - it stays high up in the mountains and traverses some remote tracts of land. The waymarking is a little sporadic and the paths come and go, but I had no trouble navigating my way along this variant using the Prames map (which has this GR11-6 marked). The visibility was excellent however; it could be tricky in the mist.'

Route changes to the GR11 in Navarre

Notes from Iona and Roy Bowden  9 July 2009