Description
Parking au barrage du lac des Gloriettes. Accès sans difficulté majeure, attention cependant aux grands gabarits avec un important porte à faux, le dernier virage peut nécessiter quelques manoeuvres. Parking sympathique, départ de nombreuses randonnées le long du lac et du gave d'Estaubé. Peut-être venté, il vaut mieux se stationner dos à la parois. Attention, en saison et le week-end, arrivée de randonneurs dès 6 h du matin, idéal pour passer la nuit cependant avant de partir en randonnée ou pour rejoindre le cirque de Troumouse. Route d’accès et parking fermé en hiver!!!
The Camper’s take
Free parking at Lac des Gloriettes dam in the Pyrenees. Very narrow and winding access road (closed in winter), unsuitable for large vehicles. Flat parking with stunning mountain views, excellent base for hikes (Estaubé cirque, lake trails). Quiet at night but busy with day-walkers in morning and peak season. No services. No mobile coverage.
Highlights
- Stunning mountain and lake views
- Ideal starting point for several accessible hikes
- Free and quiet at night if you arrive in the evening
Good to know
- Very narrow, winding, and dangerous access for large vehicles.
- Busy in season (parking full by morning with hikers)
- Road closed in winter; no phone signal
Motorhome access : Very difficult access: extremely narrow and winding 1.5 km mountain road with hairpin turns and few passing places. Strongly not recommended for motorhomes over 6 m. Advice: arrive in the evening after day visitors have left, cautious maneuvering is essential.
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Nearby: Motorcycling, Fishing, Viewpoint, Hiking.