Vernet-les-Bains - Chalet des Cortalets - Pic du Canigou
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.09 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,690 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 203 ft
- Max elevation
- 8,822 ft
- TrailRank
- 35
- Min elevation
- 2,231 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 168
- Uploaded
- February 20, 2017
near Vernet-les-Bains, Occitanie (France)
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Itinerary description
(en français:
http://www.randos-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/canigou/cortalets/cortalets.php)
Walking time: 14 hours (out and back); climb: 2100m
A classic route between Vernet-les-Bains and Canigou. Most walkers stay overnight at Cortalets on the ascent, then climb to Canigou and return to Vernet the next day. Alternatively, it is possible to start above Fillols* and walk to the summit and back in one day.
1 - THE START (Vernet-les-Bains, Place de l'Entente Cordiale). We follow the D27 (the Fillols road). After a short distance, we go to the left to follow the Chemin des Escoumeilles, towards the St Vincent river.
2 - We cross a footbridge. We go to the right and, after a few metres, we go to the left.
3 - Intersection. We cross a road and we go straight ahead.
4 - Bifurcation, after a small car park. We go to the left, still on a lane... At a bifurcation, we go to the left, on a path... The path, stony, climbs in a forest.
5 - 'Col de Juell'. We go to the right. At a bifurcation after a few metres, we go straight ahead... At a second bifurcation we go straight ahead and we climb... At a third bifurcation we go straight ahead.
6 - Bifurcation (soon afterwards). We go to the left... The path descends into a gorge; it crosses a stream; it goes to the right; and it climbs steeply.
7 - 'Citerne', on a track. We climb the track. After a few metres, we go to the right, on a path... After nearly a kilometre the path enters a forest... A long and hard climb follows.
8 - 'Col des Voltes'. We go straight ahead, on a wide track which climbs gently... We stay on the track and we pass a small mountain refuge, the 'Jasse des Cortalets'.
9 - 'Ras (Col) dels Cortalets' (crossing of tracks and paths). We go to the right, still on a track... Where the track bends to the right, we go to the left, on a path (with red-and-white waymarks).
10 - 'Chalet des Cortalets'. After the 'chalet', we follow the path, which is very clear, towards the summit (and we still follow red-and-white waymarks).
11 - Bifurcation of paths. We go straight ahead. Here we leave the red-and-white waymarks and we follow yellow waymarks... The path passes 'Pic Joffre', where we arrive on a ridge... The path climbs towards the summit and it follows the ridge... On the final section, the path climbs in zig-zags, across steep and rocky ground.
12 - The PIC DU CANIGOU. Altitude: 2785 metres.
We descend by the same route (with a variation possible via the Refuge 'Balaig' - for details, see the pdf version in the link below).
* From a car park next to a track above the 'Col de Millères', above Fillols (walking time: 10 hours, climb:1850m). For details, see the pdf version in the link below.
Version pdf:
http://www.walks-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/canigou/cortalets/cortalets.pdf
http://www.randos-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/canigou/cortalets/cortalets.php)
Walking time: 14 hours (out and back); climb: 2100m
A classic route between Vernet-les-Bains and Canigou. Most walkers stay overnight at Cortalets on the ascent, then climb to Canigou and return to Vernet the next day. Alternatively, it is possible to start above Fillols* and walk to the summit and back in one day.
1 - THE START (Vernet-les-Bains, Place de l'Entente Cordiale). We follow the D27 (the Fillols road). After a short distance, we go to the left to follow the Chemin des Escoumeilles, towards the St Vincent river.
2 - We cross a footbridge. We go to the right and, after a few metres, we go to the left.
3 - Intersection. We cross a road and we go straight ahead.
4 - Bifurcation, after a small car park. We go to the left, still on a lane... At a bifurcation, we go to the left, on a path... The path, stony, climbs in a forest.
5 - 'Col de Juell'. We go to the right. At a bifurcation after a few metres, we go straight ahead... At a second bifurcation we go straight ahead and we climb... At a third bifurcation we go straight ahead.
6 - Bifurcation (soon afterwards). We go to the left... The path descends into a gorge; it crosses a stream; it goes to the right; and it climbs steeply.
7 - 'Citerne', on a track. We climb the track. After a few metres, we go to the right, on a path... After nearly a kilometre the path enters a forest... A long and hard climb follows.
8 - 'Col des Voltes'. We go straight ahead, on a wide track which climbs gently... We stay on the track and we pass a small mountain refuge, the 'Jasse des Cortalets'.
9 - 'Ras (Col) dels Cortalets' (crossing of tracks and paths). We go to the right, still on a track... Where the track bends to the right, we go to the left, on a path (with red-and-white waymarks).
10 - 'Chalet des Cortalets'. After the 'chalet', we follow the path, which is very clear, towards the summit (and we still follow red-and-white waymarks).
11 - Bifurcation of paths. We go straight ahead. Here we leave the red-and-white waymarks and we follow yellow waymarks... The path passes 'Pic Joffre', where we arrive on a ridge... The path climbs towards the summit and it follows the ridge... On the final section, the path climbs in zig-zags, across steep and rocky ground.
12 - The PIC DU CANIGOU. Altitude: 2785 metres.
We descend by the same route (with a variation possible via the Refuge 'Balaig' - for details, see the pdf version in the link below).
* From a car park next to a track above the 'Col de Millères', above Fillols (walking time: 10 hours, climb:1850m). For details, see the pdf version in the link below.
Version pdf:
http://www.walks-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/canigou/cortalets/cortalets.pdf
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