12th July
The weather forecast was giving thunderstorms for the afternoon so I thought I would try to get over the hills before they started and then stop early for a dry afternoon at the Refugi.
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| Morning calf |
There was a thunderstorm last night and maybe it had arrived early although storms were still forecast for the afternoon.
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| A fine start to the day |
I set off climbing the valley behind Nuria in sunshine but clouds soon appeared.
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| Starting to cloud over |
There were views back to Nuria most of the way up. The hills have a Scottish feel to them, except for the height, and the weather was similar with a strong cold wind and the occasional view through the cloud, very nice!
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| Looking down to Nuria |
The section of the ridge that I walked was fantastic, I must come back and do a bit more high-level walking in this area.
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| The high ridge |
After a few interesting bumps along the ridge all too soon the path was winding it's way down out of the wind.
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| View towards France from the ridge |
There was a short climb up to the last
coll of the day, at 2520 meters it would have been high but after the highest point of the day, and the whole GR 11, at the Coll de Tirapits (2780 meters) it felt quite low.
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| Up to the last coll |
A gentle descent to the Refugi, past a fine bull and some ski paraphernalia and it never rained although the cloud remained low, well it seemed low but the Refugi is at 2220 meters.
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| Bull and cows |
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| Refugi d'Ulldeter |
It started raining at 16.30
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| View from the dormitory window before the rain |
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