Area: French Pyrenees
Walk: Campsite - Gourette - Col de Tortes (1,799m) - cliff-side road (D918) - Col de Saucede (1,525m) - Arrens-Marsous
Distance: 9.5 miles 3,100ft ascent
With: Exodus trekking group
Conditions: In cloud after descent from Col de Tortes
Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
The view south (up the valley we walked up yesterday) from the ascent
to Col de Tortes from Gourette
Above the clouds, with Gourette bottom left
The view west from the col
...and again as a panorama
Col de Tortes (1,799m / 5,900ft)
The view east from the col
Descending into the cloud
Pyrenean Eryngo
Looking back up to the col
Heading along the cliff-side road (D918)
Col de Saucede (1,525m / 5,000ft)
Leaving the col
A barn on the way down to Arrens-Marsous
Looking down on Arrens-Marsous