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Alpine Adventure Isaba, Spain
I’ve always been attracted by the landscapes of the Alps, after a brief stay in the Southern Black Forest Schwabia, and continuing today with my adopted country in Vermont. IsabaSo when we were planning a trip to northern Spain, the Pyrenees, just had to be on the list. The Pyrenees mountain range straddles the border of Spain and France, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Small isolated villages straddling the imaginary border on both sides, and a patchwork of trails wind through many of them.
On the French side, there is an important way to run the entire distance called the GR10, and the Spanish side, a similar path is called the GR11. Many other small branches of these trails meander through the area. Hiking the entire trail takes about one and a half, and it is essential to have good maps and guides. The best guides I found were Cicerone guides, written by Lucia Paul, a recently deceased man, who spent many years walking the trails and documentation. These can be difficult to find because they are outside the United Kingdom, and seems to print a lot, but worth the search.
While our original intention to make a multi-day trek along the GR11, several things got in the way. First, it was too early in the year (early May), and most of the snow was still on the mountaintop. Peaks that would otherwise require only a pair of sturdy boots, which require equipment of ice and snow as well. Secondly, we were not there long enough and while there are parts of the path provided to the village of jump, the section was directed not so, and vacation were not long enough to carry camping equipment worthwhile.