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Depart from the main crossroads at the foot of the car parks when you arrive in Gavarnie.
(S/E) Take the main street that leads to the village centre, then the street that goes down to follow the stream. Reach the Pont de Brioule bridge.
(1) Cross it and continue along the street that runs along the right bank of the torrent. A few hundred metres further on, take the well-marked path that climbs to the left towards the Refuge des Espuguettes. At the edge of the trees after the hairpin bends, at the crossroads, leave the Refuge des Espuguettes path and take the one on the right that immediately enters the National Park. It quickly leads to the Refuge de Pailla.
(2) Continue along the same path, which descends gently along a ledge (a gently sloping area in the middle of the cliffs) to reach the Hôtel du Cirque.
(3) Continue on the path that enters the cirque for about 200m, towards the small bridge. Cross the stream and look for the small path that climbs up the other bank, into the pine forest.
(4) Take this path uphill. Although it is not marked, it is well defined. It continues to a series of scree slopes, which it crosses. Then, to a charming little plateau called La Planette, reach a small bridge.
(5) Cross the pretty Gave des Tourettes. Continue along the path that climbs slowly up the ledge to join the markedPR®® a few hundred metres higher up, on the Bellevue plateau.
(6) Follow it to the right to Gavarnie (S/E).
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