Pyrenees

Pyrenees: France and Spain

Wildcamping in the Maladeta at 2121m; on our way up from La Besurta (Val de Benasque) to the Port de Venasque (border of Spain/France).

Location: La Costera, above the Ibons de Vittamorta.

A view at the Ordesa-Canyon from above.

The Ordesa Valley forms part of the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park and here you will find a vast of amount of wildlife and spectacular waterfalls.

Punta Custodia 2519m, Ordesa Spanish Pyrenees, somewhere above rifugio Goriz.

Refugio Goriz (2160m): built atop the end of Valle de Ordesa.

Hospital de Benasque. Early in the morning on my way back to Hospice de France.

This panorama-foto is taken at the Boums (lakes) du Port, nearby the Port de Venasque or Portillion de Benasque: the border between France and Spain in the Pyrenees

Via Ferrata San Elena. Easy to go up….5km. from Biescas, (Spain)

Beautiful colors at Lac d’OO (France)

One of the lakes in the Osseau Valley (France)

Lac de Roumassot; the first of the Lacs d’Ayous near the Pic du Midi d’Osseau

Refuge d’Ayous: with a nice view at the Lac de Gentau (France)

Lac de Gentau by night.

Lac de Gentau in the morning. Near the Pic du Midi d’Osseau (refuge d’Ayous)

Cute Donkeys: lucky they were still there. Next morning on our way back from the Refuge d’Ayous.

At the Glacier of the highest peak of the Pyrenees.

Aneto Glacier: the wind has done his work up here….

Me and myself at Aneto’s summit: highest peak of the Pyrenees (3404m).

Cirque du Troumsouse

Hiking in the Maladeta (Spain)

The Border between France and Spain. Standing at the Port de Venasque (Puerto de Benasque) and looking at the Aneto massif.

Early in the morning, but high enough to see those flowers (Ordesa, Spain)

Passing one of the ibons de Billamorta on our way up to the border Spain/France (Valle de Estos, Spanish Pyrenees)

- Ruud van Koten, Pyreneeen -