📌 (0h0min;0km) Àreu (1,245m). We left Forca d’Àreu behind for a path -asphalted in the beginning - which usually has a lot of traffic in summer until the parking lot of La Molinassa, starting point of ascents like the Pica d’Estats. After 3 kilometers, the path changes direction and shortly thereafter, the GR11 leaves it to continue along a path to the right, which is quite muddy. The path crosses the track a few times before reaching...

📌 (1h35min; 5.4kms) Pla de la Selva (1,695m), where we find a snack bar without a fountain. We follow the trail, although it soon becomes a path to continue on to the right, which eventually ends up connecting again with this one, near the parking lot of...

📌 (2h50min; 9.1kms) La Molinassa (1.815m). We will follow the trail; soon we pass the crossing of the Vallferrera refuge, the Pica d’Estats and one of the cross-country trails on the GR10. We will continue along the trail.

📌 (3h05min; 9.7kms) Pla de Boet (1,865m), where another cross-section of the GR10 begins at the Port de Boet. It is left to the left and continues in a gradual ascent towards the…

📌 (3h45min; 11.2kms) Pla de Arcalis (2.015m). The path continues through a forest of black pine trees and meadows where cattle abound. The trail separates from the Baiau River and passes by the Estanys d’Ascorbes; in the distance the metallic Baiau shelter can be seen. We reach Baiau Lake and finally to…

📌 (5h40min; 15.4kms) Baiau Refuge or Josep María Montfort (2.517m).