July 22nd Hospital De Vielha-Estany deth Cap deth Port Campsite Elevation: 7280ft/2219m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. Paul and Chantal drove me the hour back to Hospital De Vielha for the second morning...

July 21stWelp, today did not go as planned, but I'm sure not complaining at all! We left the house at 8am to make the 1hr drive back to the trailhead. It was foggy and rainy, but from the forecasts, it seemed it would be clearer at the trailhead. The Pyrenees are...

July 20th Note: Yesterday's Day 18 might not have been emailed to everyone. If you missed it, here's the link.  A short post for my zero day. I spent the day at Paul and Chantal's house in Cier de Luchon. It was decadent! They don't have the big American...

July 19th Refugio de la Renclusa-Hospital de Vielha *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. It rained a bit overnight, but just lightly and in brief bits. It was even raining on and off as I packed up, but I was...

July 18th Lac du Milieu-Refugio de la Renclusa Campsite Elevation: 7021ft/2140m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. I slept ok last night having just a couple times when the wind kicked up and woke me up. Today...

July 17th Along Rio Cinqueta-Lac du Milieu Campsite Elevation: 5164ft/2510m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. I slept really well last night and got going by 7:50am this morning. The first couple hours of the...

July 16th Lacs de Barroude-Along Rio Cinqueta Campsite Elevation: 5164ft/1574m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. For the first time this trip, I got an early start from my tent at 6:30am. I've definitely...

July 15th Gavarnie-Lacs de Barroude Campsite Elevation: 7774ft/2370m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. Last night, a woman in the dorm room snored the whole night, I even used my white noise most the night and...

July 14th ~1hr before Gavarnie-Gavarnie
*No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. I got going about 7:45am for a relaxed 1.5hrs of downhill into the touristy village of Gavarnie. Once again, I got to drop down and...

July 13th Between Refuge Wallon & Lac d'Arratille-~1hr before Gavarnie Campsite Elevation: 6186ft/1885m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. First off, my Lego Batman Movie review. It started off on a good...

July 12th Refuge de Larribet-Between Refuge Wallon & Lac d'Arratille Campsite Elevation: 6347ft/1935m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. I've been making an effort to relax and rest more by making my hiking...

July 11th Refuge de Pombie-Refuge de Larribet Campsite Elevation: 6791ft/2070m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. There are some days in hiking that stand out among the rest and are memorable for different...

July 10th Lac d' Estaëns-Refuge de Pombie Campsite Elevation: 6667ft/2032m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. Last night, I woke up around 11:30pm to see a full moon shining directly across from me lighting up...

July 9th Lescun-Lac d' Estaëns Campsite Elevation: 5810ft/1771m *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. As usual, I stayed up a little too late in town and didn't get to sleep until 12:30am. I didn't feel too bad...

July 8th Source of Marmitou-Lescun *No mileage available. The guidebook lists distances on the route by time rather than miles. It was a great night of sleep and we all were looking forward to a short hike down to our first village overnight in Lescun. I didn't quite...