Out the back door for a little touring mission - with a quick lift assist for some more vertical!

Statistics

5 - 6

hrs

1,129

m

1,128

m

42

max°

Difficulty

FATMAP difficulty grade

Difficult

Description

Route from Aulon heading up through the trees, with some often slightly precarious stream crossings, then out across the open valley and then you can hitch a ride for a bit more vertical on the Aulon Telesiege (part of the Saint Lary resort so you need to have a lift ticket/season pass).

For the way home there are lots of options, you can come back down the same valley, or in this option I have dropped one valley further over.

Please be aware that on the route back you are below the south facing Arbizon, which is a huge face and so if this slides you are in a terrain trap.

Be EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS when it is warm, or the south wind has been blowing.