Pic entre les Ports via Lac des Espécières.

In Gavarnie, take the road to Port de Boucharo and park at the Col de Tentes car park.

(S/E) At the end of the road and the Col de Tentes car park, take the signposted path (sign) to Lac des Espècières to the north-west. Follow this path to the lake, go round it on the right, then climb up to the Col des Espécières. From the pass, the panorama is complemented by a bird’s-eye view of Lac de Lapazosa and the Tendeñera massif.

(1) Turn left, then follow a sporadic path up the steep, grassy hillock, heading south-southeast. Reach the summit of the hillock, marked by a cairn.

Walk along the broad ridge in the same direction, following the cairns, then descend a few metres towards a saddle which connects to the pre-summit of the Pic entre les Ports.

Turn left onto a small traverse path, then head to the foot of the north-eastern ridge, situated to the left of the secondary summit, where there is a cairn. (See video)
Turn right and, via a short climb along a south-westerly path, reach this small summit crowned by an unfinished stone enclosure.

(2) Continue south-west, navigating by sight whilst staying well in the centre of the ridge, until you reach the Pic entre les Ports, which is also topped by a stone enclosure.

(3) Return along the same route in the opposite direction to your car park. (S/E)

I’ve made a video – here’s the link – which covers all the points in the guide and gives a good sense of the atmosphere of this walk.

What can I say about this route?

The ascent to the Col des Espécières, which follows the path all the way, features a few rocky sections that are easy to navigate. You might occasionally use your hands very lightly for convenience, but it’s possible to manage without them.

The section beyond the pass isn’t entirely on a marked path. At times, you have to find your way by sight or follow cairns.
However, it’s not at all complicated.

The route along the ridge between the secondary summit and the main summit is slightly exposed but not at all dangerous, provided you stay in the middle and don’t venture towards the edges. The ridge is between 3 and about 5 metres wide.
This section along the ridge is very easy to navigate and allows you to reach the summit with ease in about ten minutes.
Hikers who are prone to vertigo should probably give this a miss.

For these reasons, I have rated the difficulty as lower-middle.

If you’re hiking with children, you must, of course, keep a close eye on them, as you would on most mountain routes.
The duration indicated by the software may not necessarily match your own. You may need to recalculate it based on your own pace, the elevation gain and the distance.

It is possible to return via a descent to Lac de Lapazosa to complete a circular route. In this case, the walk becomes more challenging, with greater elevation gain and distance, as you will need to climb back up to the Col des Espécières. The descent to the lake requires a good sense of the slope’s gradient in order to make the most of the terrain.
For these reasons, I have suggested here the most manageable round-trip route, designed to suit the widest possible range of walkers.