Canyon Tourettes (inferiore) in Occitanie/France v4-a3-III 4h15

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Country: France

Region: Occitanie

Subregion: Hautes-Pyrénées

Town: Gavarnie

v4 a3 III

4h15

1h

2h30

45min

1630m

1410m

220m

20m

on Foot

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Summary: machine translated ➜

Alpine and watery canyon

Parts

Name

Difficulty

Approach

Tour

Return

Tourettes (superiore)

v3 a3 III

1h45

2h30

1h

Tourettes (inferiore)

v4 a3 III

1h

2h30

45min

Summary: machine translated ➜

Alpine and watery canyon

Access: machine translated ➜

First from Lourdes via Luz-St.-Sauveur and Gedre to Gavarnie. As there are problems with parking in Gavarnie (overcrowding), we drive up the D923 towards les Espécières and park our car in the Grange de Holle parking lot below the refuge.

Approach (1 h): machine translated ➜

For "E2" - see location sketch (red access, brown return). There are variations on the hiking trails)

Tour (2 h 30): machine translated ➜

See photos. Abseiling sequence at http://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/2734/Tourettes-Aval.html\n

Return (45 min): machine translated ➜

Exit at the footbridge. See location sketch (red access, brown return). There are variations on the hiking trails)

Coordinates:

Canyon Start

42.7133°, -0.02005° ↓

Parking Entry and Exit

42.7331°, -0.0091° ↓

wenn im Parkhaus kein Platz mehr frei, auf den Parkplatz für Tourettes sup. ausweichen

Canyon End

42.7141°, -0.0138° ↓

Literatures:

Map

1748 OT, Gavarnie (IGN TOP25), 1/25000

1:25000

Canyoning Book

Plastic Visuel Canyon PVC 2 - Hautes Pyrenées. 2008

Diverse

GSPy

2007

17 Canyon-Beschreibungen der Groupe Spéléologique des Pyrénées

Canyoning Book

Canyons & Barrancos. Massif du Mont Perdu - Gavarnie - Sierra de Guara

Jean Paul Pontroué

Foehn Editions

1992

‎ 978-2909694009

Cwiki Canyon Info

Canyoning Wiki Link Tourettesinf https://canyon.carto.net/cwiki/bin/view/Canyons/TourettesinfCanyon.html

Descente Canyon Info

https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/2734

Ropewiki Canyon Info

http://ropewiki.com/Tourettes_(Lower)

Gallery

http://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-photo/2734/photographie.html

Video

https://youtu.be/tNcoYYLHehc

FFME Canyon Info

http://www.ffme.info/canyon/CANYON_fiche.php?id=401

Other Canyon Info

https://www.docuwiki.infobarrancos.es/doku.php?id=barrancosfra:hautespyrenees:tourettes_inf

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Hydrology:

Tourettes (inferiore)

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