Friday 13 August 2004 - Cirque de Gavarnie and la Grande Cascade

Area: French Pyrenees

Walk: I'Hotellerie du Cirque from Gavarnie to view the Cirque de Gavarnie and la Grande Cascade

Distance: 4.5 miles 700ft ascent

Click here for a map of the route

With: Anne

Conditions: Sunshine and blue sky

Time: 2 hours plus a 2.5 hour lunch!


The Cirque de Gavarnie from near our campsite


The Cirque de Gavarnie


Looking back north down the valley


The Cirque de Gavarnie from the hotel cafe / bar


la Grande Cascade. In the Spring the waterfall is a single drop of 423m (1,400ft)


You don't have to walk!


The Cirque de Gavarnie


...and again

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