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EddieStedds said:I have seen alternative routes, for example next to a river. I am keen on the mountainous route.
I am planning to hike from SJPP to Hendeye/Irun in mid-May this year to get to El Norte route... will the weather be ok? (i.e., do I need to worry about snow on the trail?) Do I need to make reservations ahead of time at the various albergues?
Rick, I followed one of the links above supplied by Thomas1962 and it led to this, a path called the LRI 'Liaison Roncesvalles Irun'
http://vppyr.free.fr/pages_transversales/lri/lri.php?etp=accueil
It seems to use the GR11 and other paths to get to Irun from Roncesvalles in 3-4 days. There's lots of photos on there so you can get an idea about the height of the surrounding hills/mountains (which look to me to go up to about 1500m or so).
Probably the best camino experience of the Pyrenees (height-wise) is via the Camino Aragones which crosses at the Col du Somport - but that's about 5 days walk east of St Jean. But even here, you're not quite east enough for the 3000m peaks!
So sorry to have left this thread unattended for so long. I can fill you all in with my route and what happened very soon. It was incredible!!
Hi Eddie
A few friends and I did a couple of weeks of the GR10 in 2011. We were four women in our early 60s so a "25 year old dude" is certainly not going to have any problems, nor take as long to walk each stage as we did.
It is stunningly beautiful and would be a marvellous way to join the two routes. It's very well marked (in both directions) with the same red and white balises that you'll find on the Le Puy route.
We started from Hendaye which is next door to Irun and followed the standard stages of:
Hendaye - Olhette (6hr 15mins)
Olhette - Ainhoa (5hr 40)
Ainhoa - Bidarray (6hr 20)
Bidarray - St-Etienne-de-Baigorry (7hr 25)
St-Etienne-de-Baigorry - St-Jean-Pied-de-Port (6hr 15)
These are the timings from the guide, we took a lot longer than this. It's important to note that they only include walking time, there is no allowance for food, rest or photo breaks. I don't know how much different it would be coming at it in the opposite direction.
You can check out the route on the French IGN maps:
http://m.geoportail.fr/#
If you zoom right in, it will show the marking for the GR.
There's no need to take a tent. Ainhoa was the only place that we didn't have gite accommodation so stayed in a chambre d'hote.
Your video was what inspired me to take this route. I can't get any contact information on the Gite in Olhette, all the other's I have a reservation for, can you be of any assistance?Walked from SJPdP to Irun summer 2014. See my video: GR10 Pyrenees, Camino de Santiago, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port - Hendaye/Irun, Part 5/9. Stayed in these Gites: Gaineka Karrikan in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry (good). Bidarray has a gîte, but we stayed at the hotel. Gîte d´etape et camping Harazpy in Aïnhoa. Gîte in Olhette. See some more info further down on this forum: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...10-pyrenees-from-sjpdp-to-hendaye-irun.44885/
Bjorg
Walked from SJPdP to Irun summer 2014. See my video: GR10 Pyrenees, Camino de Santiago, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port - Hendaye/Irun, Part 5/9. /Bjorg
Your video was what inspired me to take this route. I can't get any contact information on the Gite in Olhette, all the other's I have a reservation for, can you be of any assistance?
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