Isdale Anderson – Trekking In The Pyrenees

Club Member Isdale Anderson will deliver a talk in trekking in the Pyrenees. Says Isdale: “The GR 11 goes from the Atlantic coast 820km to the Mediterranean on the Spanish side of the border with France. The central section leads into the magnificent Ordesa Canyon and into the High Pyrenees with peaks rising to over 3000m. This was the section that I walked during sixteen days in the summer of
2023 which I will talk about. The route led up remote alpine valleys and over high passes on rocky paths into quite remote territory. There were stays at mountain refuges but the best overnight stops were definitely the wild campsites with some amazing views.”

Straddling the border between France and Spain The Pyrenees are a mountain range that extends nearly 500km from The Cantabrian Mountains to The Mediterranean Sea