Area: French Pyrenees
Walk: Granges d'Astau - Lac d'Oo - Col d'Espingo (1,967m) - Hourquette des Hounts-Secs (2,267m) - Col (2,272m) - Superbagneres (Bagneres-de-Luchon)
Distance: 10.75 miles 4,600ft ascent
With: Exodus trekking group
Conditions: Overcast, dry, some short sunny periods
Time: 7 hours 40 minutes
Lac d'Oo
...and from above
Refuge d'Espingo. A short diversion from the GR10 took us up to
the Col d'Espingo and into the sunshine
The view back north from Col d'Espingo
Looking down on Lac d'Oo
Zig-zag path. It was a long way up
Lac d'Oo from Hourquette des Hounts-Secs, 2,500ft below
Lac d'Oo
Panorama west from the col
...and the way ahead
Looking back to the col
The view north
...and another shot back to the col
Heading round the mountain side
The view north
..and north west
The last climb of the trek to the col below Pic de Cecire
Our gite was in the bottom of the valley. Yesterday's route had
been down the hanging valley to the left of the photo
The contouring path around Pic de Cecire
The ski resort of Superbagneres, the end of the trek. We took the
gondola down to Bagneres-de-Luchon