📌 (0h00min; 0 kms) Mas Vigorats de Baix (784m). Go back along the track until you rejoin the GR10.

📌 (0h15min; 1.0 kms) GR10 link (902m). To the left (west) of the path there is a steep path that climbs between the forest to the free refuge of Vigourats (1.3kms; 0h25min). The path forks with a track that we will follow for about 1.5 kms until just before a fork. Take a path on the right and cross the track that leaves the fork. The path climbs without stopping towards the slope, leaving to the left the D43 road that climbs in a zigzag. When leaving the forest, the path turns left and forks with the road at the…

📌 (1h45min; 5.3 kms) Coll de la Descarga (1,393m). Continue along it until the…

📌 (1h55min; 5.9 kms) Batère Refuge (1,457m). An old mining building where the workers lived, converted into a mountain refuge. In addition to the GR10, the refuge is located in a strategic place for those who come to do the Tour du Canigou or the Tour du Haut Vallespir, with which we have already met to get here. From now on we will share the route with the Tour de Canigou. Continue up the road until the end of the asphalt (5 minutes) and then along a path to the remains of an old iron mine. The GR10 turns left and continues along a path in a westerly direction.

📌 (2h30min; 8.0 kms) Coll de la Cirère / Cirera (1,738m). We crossed to the northern side to continue ascending the mountain by the well-known Balcon du Canigou, a path that initially runs horizontally and crosses the steep slope of the northern face. Several ravines, such as the Còrrec del Pèl de Ca and the Córrec de Gallinasa, descend from the Pic de Gallinàs (2,461m). After this, the path turns northwards to descend to the…

📌 (3h20min; 11.0 kms) Maison Forestière l’Estanyol (1,489m). The trail rises again, not too much, to continue the climb up the mountain through the Balcon du Canigou. We will cross three ravines before reaching the…

📌 (4h05min; 13.4 kms) Abrigo Pinatell (1,646m). The trail continues more or less horizontally until the Barranco de La Llentillà, the main stream. From here onwards it is all uphill, first along the trail to the…

📌 (5h10min; 17.5 kms) Ras de Prat Cabrera (1,741m), and then by track to the…

📌 (6h10min; 21.2 km) Ras/Col des Cortalets (2,044m). To reach the refuge, you can use the shortcut we find in the first horseshoe bend.

📌 (6h25min; 21.9 kms) Cortalets Refuge (2,146m).