We are looking for this place #153

ByTravesía Pirenaica

Let's continue the challenge! Every week we look for a place in the Pyrenees. By observing the photograph and with the help of the clues, are you able to find out which place is the one we are looking for? If you want to take part by sending us a place, you can send us your pictures together with the clues and the solution to the email address travesiapirenaica@gmail.com. Each week we will choose one for publication.

We are looking for this place #153:

Even in the most crowded places it is enough to take a couple of crossings to be left alone, it doesn't fail!

Tracks:

  1. Although the track below is used by shepherds and hikers, very few continue beyond the end and get these views of the valley from above.
  2. It is located in the Central Pyrenees, a short distance from a certain National Park.
  3. The river that meanders down there is a tributary of the Ara.

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We are looking for this place #152:

How marvellous! Our nearby Pyrenees are an inexhaustible source of inspiration, adventure, beauty, majestic valleys to discover and beautiful mountains to climb. A chance to enjoy, each in their own way, but always with the utmost respect for the environment. Some people could spend the whole day contemplating this landscape without leaving the place; others, on the other hand, will prefer to go down to the valley to lose themselves in the leafy forest and admire a beautiful waterfall; the most demanding mountaineers will be attracted by the main peaks; and those who hunt for three thousand metres... the latter will experience some of their most memorable days here, travelling along the beautiful ridges that link these 16 peaks of over 3,000 metres.

Which group do you belong to? do you recognise this place? the main summits? the 16 peaks over 3,000 metres? this valley in the Pyrenees is unique for many reasons? can you guess which one it is?

Tracks:

  1. This is one of the sectors with the highest concentration of three-thousanders, up to 41 (20 main and 21 secondary).
  2. The photograph is of the northern slope of the most easterly massif where the three mountain peaks of this sector are located, more specifically, it is taken from the vicinity of the ski resort.
  3. The road up to this ski resort is a road that the Tour de France used to ride on in the 60s, 70s and 80s, and where, for some, Perico Delgado gave the best performance of his career. It was 1989, the last time the Tour visited this place.