Pique Rouge Bassie Loop

Another hot day dictated another early start to beat the heat. Breakfast at Coumebiere before heading off via Col de la Fouzes. At the Col we turned right to take the ridge in the sunshine to Pique Rouge Bassie. There was a welcome slight breezy on the ridge, and on the lee side there was a huge flock of crag martins. We watched these beautiful birds playing in the wind for a while.
A cup of hot cassis and ginger (our preferred thermos filling) and a handful of peanuts at the summit before descending passed the lakes towards Refuge Bassie. We stopped at the the lower lake of Etang des Lavants for Breezy to take a plunge. From the Hut, uphill again, to Port de Bassie and Port Saleix then back to the van on the GR10.
Big loop of 1700m and 19km with great views and hardly anyone there.
- Crag Martin
- Refuge Rouge Bassie
- Etang Bleu
- Rampion
- Sun baked mud
- The lakes by the Refuge
- Pique Rouge Bassie in the distance
- Swimming lake
- Refuge and the lakes
- Cotton grass
- Pique des Trois Comptes
- Crag Martin
- Redstart
- Crag Martins
- Pique D’Estats
- The initial ascent
- The ridge from Col de las Fouzes to Pique Rouge Bassie
- Crag Martin
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