Highlights
- Short easy ascent from Col de Berbeillet by sheep paths.
- Summit cairn - a rare thing on these hills!
- Good views down into Val d'Azun.
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"Tuesday 31st July 2018. An ascent of Crête de la Serre 1595m/52m, Pic de Cantau 1642m/109m and Pic de Berbeillet 1633m/58m, Val d’Azun, Hautes Pyrenées, France. 20.0km, with 490m of ascent and 950m of descent. 7hrs 20mins.
The weather forecast for today was not the best, with hill-fog predicted to quite low levels. Nevertheless, no rain or thunder was forecast. I resolved to carry out my plan to complete all the remaining summits on the main ridge that runs north-east from Col de Soulor (1474m) for some 23 kilometres. I had three left to reach.
ALT dropped me off at the Col de Soulor, where the cloud-base had lowered to around 1600 metres. It was to remain around this altitude all day. However, the mist was light and shifting, so I hoped for easy navigation and the occasional view.
I headed north from the col on the GR 101 (see at https://www.gr-infos.com/en/gr101.htm) around the west flank of Cap d’Aout 1654m, the summit of which I had visited in August 2016. The trail then bent north-east to reach the reedy Lac de Soum, above which loomed in the mist Crête de la Serre, my first objective of the day. The path continued up its easy-angled ridge to a grassy summit..." — marktrengove • Jul 31, 2018