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Options from Orisson if Napoleon Pass is closed.

PIER-GIORGIO BASSI

PIER-GIORGIO BASSI

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May 2016
I am looking to sleep in Orisson for one night. If the Napoleon Pass is closed, what are my options? Is there a way to reach Roncesvalles without having to retrace my way to St. Jean?
 
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If you are booked into Orisson and find out the next morning that the Route Napoleon is closed, then they will arrange transport to get you to Valcarlos to continue from there on the lower route.
 
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