Pyrenees circular route
Author’s recommendation
Accommodation in the three huts must be booked well in advance. In Torla, the Hotel Ballarín and the Hostal Alto Aragón, which are under unified management, are highly recommended (https://www.hotelballarin.com/en/).
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
GavarnieHôtellerie du Cirque (1.590 m)
Refuge des Espuguettes (2.027 m)
Refuge de la Brèche de Roland
Refugio de Góriz
Pradera de Ordesa
Camping Ordesa
Torla
Hostal Alto Aragón/Hotel Ballarín
Camping San Nicolás de Bujaruelo
Refugio de Bujaruelo
Safety information
See the individual stages.
For safety in the huts: Definitely take headlamps, as flashlights often are not sufficient and sometimes both hands are needed for necessary tasks.
Tips and suggestions
See the individual stages.Roadbook
Carried out in the individual stages:
Stage 1: Pimené (2,801 m) via Cirque de Gavarnie and Refuge des Espuguettes: http://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/pyrenaeen-rundtour-etappe-1-pimene-2-801-m-ueber-cirque-de-gavarnie-und-ref/11404573/
Stage 2: From Gavarnie to Refuge de la Brèche de Roland: http://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/pyrenaeen-rundtour-etappe-2-von-gavarnie-zum-refuge-de-la-breche-de-roland/10266503/
Stage 3: Over the Brecha de Rolando and the Taillón (3,144 m) to Refugio de Gó riz: http://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/pyrenaeen-rundtour-etappe-3-ueber-die-brecha-de-rolando-und-den-taillon-3-1/10266523/
Stage 4: To Monte Perdido (3,355 m) from Refugio de Gó riz: http://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/pyrenaeen-rundtour-etappe-4-auf-den-monte-perdido-3-355-m-vom-refugio-de-go/10266533/
Stage 5: From Refugio de Gó riz to Torla: http://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/pyrenaeen-rundtour-etappe-5-vom-refugio-de-goriz-nach-torla/10266540/
Stage 6: From Torla via the Puerto de Bujaruelo to Gavarnie: http://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/pyrenaeen-rundtour-etappe-6-von-torla-ueber-den-puerto-de-bujaruelo-nach-ga/10266684/
Gavarnie
Hôtellerie du Cirque (1.590 m)
Cirque de Gavarnie
Grand Cascade,Cirque de Garvanie
Cabane de Pailla
Refuge des Espuguettes (2.027 m)
Petit Pimené (2.667 m)
Pimené (2.801 m)
Plateau de Bellevue
Steilaufstieg zum Refuge de la Brèche de Roland
Cabane des Soldats
Col de Tentes
Puerto de Bujaruelo/Port de Boucharo
Steilabstieg ins Vallée des Pouey D'Aspé
Refuge de la Brèche de Roland
Brecha de Rolando
Biwakplätze
La Falsa Brecha
El Dedo
El Taillón (3.144 m)
Collado del Descargador (2.498 m)
Cuello de Millaris (2.457 m)
Kletterstelle
Refugio de Góriz
Kletterstelle Las Escaleras
Steilstufe unterhalb der Escupidera
Lago Helado (2.980 m)
La Escupidera
Monte Perdido
Cola de Caballo (Pferdeschwanz)
Gradas de Soaso
Pradera de Ordesa
Pradera de Ordesa
Bushaltestelle Pradera de Ordesa
Camping Ordesa
Torla
Hostal Alto Aragón/Hotel Ballarín
Bushaltestelle Torla
Puente de los Navarros
Puente Nuevo
Camping San Nicolás de Bujaruelo
Wegeverzweigung
Refugio de Bujaruelo
Puente de Bujaruelo
Cabaña de Eléctricas
Public transport
Bus Lourdes - Gavarnie: https://cdt65.media.tourinsoft.com/upload/Ligne-965---Lourdes---Gavarnie.pdf
Taxi Gavarnie: Tel.: +33 (0) 5 62 92 47 30; https://www.valleesdegavarnie.com/en/commerces-services/taxi-sarl-les-glaciers/
Bus Sabiñánigo-Torla: https://buses.costasur.com/en/bus-Sabinanigo_Torla-nr5.html
Bus Torla - Pradera de Ordesa: https://www.ordesamonteperdido.com/en/buses/
Taxibus Torla - San Nicolás de Bujaruelo: Tel.: +34 630 41 89 18; http://www.miradoresdeordesa.es/
Directions
To Gavarnie: A 64 Toulouse - Biarritz, exit 12 - Tarbes-Ouest, N 21 to Argelès-Gazost, then road 921 to Gavarnie;
Gavarnie - car park Col de Tentes (12 km).
To Torla: A 23 from Huesca, continue on N 330 to Sabiñánigo, then N 260, shortly before Broto turn off to Torla;
Torla - San Nicolás de Bujaruelo (7 km), Torla - Pradera de Ordesa (7 km).
Parking
3 car parks west of Gavarnie.
For the further stages:
Car park Col de Tentes,
Car park on the outskirts of Torla,
Car park San Nicolás de Bujaruelo,
Car park Pradera de Ordesa in the National Park.
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
Roger Büdeler: Pyrenees 1 - Spanish Central Pyrenees: Panticosa to Benasque, Rother hiking guide, www.rother.de;
Roger Büdeler: Pyrenees 2 - French Central Pyrenees: Arrens to Seix, Rother hiking guide, www.rother.de
Author’s map recommendations
Book recommendations for this region:
Equipment
See the individual stages.Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Weather at the starting point
Statistics
Easy ascent of an excellent viewpoint mountain, possibly plan for two overnight stays with the friendly hut-keeping family.
A very beautiful hut ascent, the first part of which takes place in a long valley. At the end, the route ascends through rocks and a stream bed.
One of several highlights of the round tour, through the famous Brecha de Rolanda and up El Taillón, the easiest three-thousand metre peak in the ...
Monte Perdido has become a fashionable mountain, and the number of climbers who want to reach its summit is correspondingly high. In good ...
A hut-to-hut descent in a World Heritage Site! The Ponytail Waterfall, the cascades of the Arazas River, the huge rock faces to the right and left ...
Through two long, beautiful valleys, the route leads from Spain back to France.

User Questions
Unanswered