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[QUOTE="Rob_Shill_Wales_UK, post: 902616, member: 82534"] I have hiked the breche de roland a few times from gavarnie without much of a pack. Its not an easy walk for sure. Its amazing but not easy. The breche northern side (france) until not so long back required ice equipment to traverse it as there was a glacier there. It has gone now but snow can stay on that side well into the summer requiring the hiker to use crampons. When there isnt snow, its a scramble over shingle to get to the top. Some routes from there to Ordessa require you to hold onto chains along walls due tot he steep nature of the falls. Honestly don't want to put you off but want you to be aware that its not an easy route. There is a refuge before the breche however it has been closed for some years now as they are expanding it. Not sure on when it will reopen but make sure you research if it is open if you intend using it. People tend to bivvy at the breche or towards ordessa as there isn't anywhere to stay inside. in good weather it can be amazing but mother nature can be fickle there as the spanish warm weather hits the Pyrenean colder weather and can create some hellish weather- wind especially! You should be ok in august but you would need to have gear just in case it turns bad there. I intend starting my pilgrimage at the col de tentes which is effectively the end f the road above gavarnie and the start of the breche hike. I am going to head north to lourdes and then towards SJPP. I would love to for the breche and ordessa but i know my limits with a full pack. Ordessa by the way is amazing- ive walked in that valley- like Jurassic park! PS- my profile pic- taken at gavarnie (cirque) in the summer... you will see there is still snow! On that walk, i headed in the direction of the breche where i traversed deep snow drifts. one of my favourite places. [/QUOTE]
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