How to get there:
The small Spanish village of Espot in the
Pyrenees can be reached by car from Toulouse in France
and Barcelona in Spain. From Espot
it is short drive into the National Park called
Sant Maurici i Aigües Tortes. There may
be some restriction on automobile travel, limited
traffic into the park in the morning and only out
of the park later in the day. Route description:
From the end of the road with a very nice view of the steep
Dels Enchantats (2747m) the trail heads south along
the creek on the west side of Dels Enchantats.
The trail climbs gradually in a very beautiful
valley passing first a small and later a slightly bigger lake.
At the third (very small) lake the trail forks and one follows
the left forking trail up (towards east) somewhat steeper
until one reaches the pass Coll de Monesero with
Pic de Monestero (2878m) to the north and Pic de Peguera
to the south. The route now follows the ridge to the
summit. Light scrambling over huge blocks leads to the summit
which consists of a large block itself.
The easiest way may be to turn back, we continued the traverse
and encountered only a single difficulty (at least when having
two children, one only ten years old). We dropped a bit
to the west of the ridge, there may be an easier route that
went undetected by us. The one difficult spot was inside
a small ravine where an adult could
lower himself down and then help the children. After
this point the hike was very easy down to the other pass,
Coll O de Peguera. From this pass one could complete the
loop back to the small lake where the trail forked. Comments:
We traversed the peak, this was a good family hike where
we could split in two parties, one climbing the peak while
the rest could complete the hike to the pass and then join
up again at the small lake. The scenery and vegetation make
a hike in this area highly recommended.