St-Pierre-dels-Forcats - Eyne - Cambre d'Aze (snowshoes)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.64 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,713 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,713 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,690 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 5,331 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 122
- Uploaded
- February 16, 2017
near Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats, Occitanie (France)
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Itinerary description
The route of this circuit - "La tour du Cambre d'Aze" - is indicated by yellow waymarks with a "snowshoes" logo.
This circuit crosses, and passes alongside, a number of pistes (ski runs). We must always give way to skiers. Some skiers descend very fast.
Start: car park, Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats ski station.
We climb alongside a children's skiing area. We walk alongside a piste (ski run), and we stay on the right. At a bifurcation by a pylon, we go to the right.
We pass through a gate and we go to the left.
We climb through a forest.
Car park, Eyne ski station: we remove our snowshoes, and we go to the right, through the car park.
Near the ticket office, we go to the left, we find a children's ski area and we put on our snowshoes.
We climb through a forest and we reach a covered reservoir. We go to the right and we cross a ski run.
We climb straight ahead, on a track.
We cross another ski run, and a ski tow.
The piste climbs in zig-zags.
At a bifurcation, we go to the left (but, first, we can go straight on, out and back, to a viewpoint).
We cross two more ski runs, and a ski tow.
We are now on the highest part of the circuit, with magnificent views to the north, across Cerdagne.
We cross another ski run. From here to the next ski run, our track is used by skiers as a "liaison".
We now descend. We cross more ski runs and ski tows. We descend to the left, and we reach the "Pla du Cambre d'Aze" (the top of a chairlift).
We follow a ski run to the right, for 100 metres, then we follow a track on the right.
At a track bifurcation, we go to the left.
We cross more ski runs, and we come close to the overhead chairlift. The track goes to the right and crosses a ski run.
The track goes to the right again. After a section on the level, we come to a bifurcation. We go to the left. We descend in the valley of the "Rec del Molí".
The track goes to the left, crosses a ski run, and goes under the chairlift.
We return to the car park at the Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats ski station.
(A pdf version of this walk description is at:
http://www.walks-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/wikiloc/cambre-d-aze_snowshoe_route.pdf - or click on 'View more' below.)
This circuit crosses, and passes alongside, a number of pistes (ski runs). We must always give way to skiers. Some skiers descend very fast.
Start: car park, Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats ski station.
We climb alongside a children's skiing area. We walk alongside a piste (ski run), and we stay on the right. At a bifurcation by a pylon, we go to the right.
We pass through a gate and we go to the left.
We climb through a forest.
Car park, Eyne ski station: we remove our snowshoes, and we go to the right, through the car park.
Near the ticket office, we go to the left, we find a children's ski area and we put on our snowshoes.
We climb through a forest and we reach a covered reservoir. We go to the right and we cross a ski run.
We climb straight ahead, on a track.
We cross another ski run, and a ski tow.
The piste climbs in zig-zags.
At a bifurcation, we go to the left (but, first, we can go straight on, out and back, to a viewpoint).
We cross two more ski runs, and a ski tow.
We are now on the highest part of the circuit, with magnificent views to the north, across Cerdagne.
We cross another ski run. From here to the next ski run, our track is used by skiers as a "liaison".
We now descend. We cross more ski runs and ski tows. We descend to the left, and we reach the "Pla du Cambre d'Aze" (the top of a chairlift).
We follow a ski run to the right, for 100 metres, then we follow a track on the right.
At a track bifurcation, we go to the left.
We cross more ski runs, and we come close to the overhead chairlift. The track goes to the right and crosses a ski run.
The track goes to the right again. After a section on the level, we come to a bifurcation. We go to the left. We descend in the valley of the "Rec del Molí".
The track goes to the left, crosses a ski run, and goes under the chairlift.
We return to the car park at the Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats ski station.
(A pdf version of this walk description is at:
http://www.walks-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/wikiloc/cambre-d-aze_snowshoe_route.pdf - or click on 'View more' below.)
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