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    GR10 Stage 3: The Isles – La Palette

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    ↔️ Distance: 21.5 km
    📈 Unevenness (+1.105m), (-991m) 📉
    🕒 Time: About 7-8 hours. Walking time non-stop: 6h45min.
    ⚠️ Difficulty: Long stage with a steep uphill and downhill section.
    🏕️ Where to sleep:
    At The Isles: Hostal Dels Trabucayres (tel: +33 (0)4 68 83 07 56) y Gîte d’étape of Las Illas.
    At The Palette: Moulin de la Palette (tel: +33 (0)4 68 21 37 24 / +33 (0)4 89 81 61 46; email: ecogite.delapalette@orange.fr).
    🗺️️ Cartography:  Rando Editions: Collioure-Cadaques (Scale: 1/50,000).

    📌 (0h00min; 0 kms) Las Illas (558m). The GR10 continues along the narrow local road D 13F (Route de Fontrede), passing by the hermitage of...

    📌 (0h25min; 1.9 kms) Notre-Damme du Remède (638m) and continues until just before La Selva (a couple of houses next to the road).

    📌 (0h50min; 3.7 kms) Path before La Selva (630m). A yellow sign with a red and white mark of the GR10 indicates a path on the left hand side that we should take. We have to get around the barrier and start the first section of the climb of the day that will take us through a lush forest to the…

    📌 (1h50min; 6.6 kms) Coll dels Cirerers (1,006m). Next comes a couple of kilometers of up and down that we will use to recharge our batteries from the effort of the climb and to tackle the second part of the ascent.

    📌 (3h00min; 9.8 kms) Coll del Pou de la Neu (1,239m). First we will pass by the Pozo de la Nieve that gives the name to the trail. From there, a path leads up the south slope to the repeater located at the top of the Moixer (1,444m). The GR10 does not connect with the trail and continues up the north slope. If desired, a very tempting alternative is to follow the border ridge passing through the Moixer (1,444m), the Roc del Comptador (1,451m) and the Roc de la Frausa or Roca de França (1,421m) before reconnecting with the GR10.

    📌 (3h55min; 12.6 kms) Collada de Sant Martí (1,382) – Crossing to Roc de la Campana. We left the crest of the mountain to begin the steep descent to Montalbà (650m of descent in 3.5 kilometers). Shortly after starting, we passed Font de l’Avet. In this first stretch of descent to Coll Cerdà, the sharp rocky tip of Roc Saint Sauveur (1,235m) takes center stage.

    📌 (4h30min; 14.0 kms) Coll Cerdà (1,072m). A quick descent through the hayfield brings us to the…

    📌 (4h50min; 14.9 kms) Molí Serrador (852m), We continue along a wide path for about a kilometer (15min). The GR10 continues for about 20 minutes on a path between the forest until we finally decide to descend to...

    📌 (5h45min; 18.0 kms) Montalbà (564m). A handful of houses and a church that is reached by a small road. This is the lowest point of the day. Ignore the path that goes up towards the south to the Roc de Saint Sauveur and take the next one that goes southwest. After 15 minutes we will pass the Correc de la Coma and half an hour later we will leave on the road that we will follow until…

    📌 (6h45min; 21.5 kms) La Palette (672m).

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