Optional : you can climb the Pic de Madamète from the Col de Madamète, which offers a breathtaking view of all the lakes and the Pic du Néouvielle. A 30-minute round trip on a spectacular ridge.

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Hiking in the Lake District - Le petit tour

In the Néouvielle

From hut to hut, with a light rucksack, you’ll make your way through one of the most beautiful jewels in the Pyrenees: the Néouvielle massif, classified as a National Nature Reserve, and a veritable kingdom of water. There are countless high-altitude lakes here, alongside a multitude of laquets, torrents and peat bogs. The loop-shaped route winds its way between granite boulders, high meadows, fragrant rhododendron groves and high, multi-century-old hooked pines, offering a magnificent series of azure mirrors. A fabulous walk in the turquoise-blue Land of Lakes, to be enjoyed on your own, as a couple, with friends or as a family!

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Day 1

Arrival at Lac d’Orédon – Les Laquettes

8 km / + 350 m / – 350 m (Return via the same route)

A short walk to warm up. Through the fragrant pine forest, the route rises above Lac d’Orédon to the small plateau hosting Les Laquettes, an idyllicgarden with calm, crystal-clear stretches of water surrounded by pine trees and aquatic plants. Further up, the path leads to Lac d’Aubert, nestling in a high mountain setting at the foot of the imposing Pic du Néouvielle. Return to the Chalet hotel on foot along the same route or by shuttle bus (optional day trip).

Overnight at the Chalet Hôtel d’Orédon.

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Hiking at Lac d'Aubert and its turquoise waters, with the Hourquette d'Aubert in the background ©HPTE - François Laurens
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HPTE - François Laurens

Day 2

Lacs d’Aumar et Aubert – Gourguet de Madamète – Col de Madamète – Lacs de Madamète

Start: Lac d’Aubert (take the shuttle up) > Finish: Refuge d’Aygues Cluses
4.8 km / +397 m / -411 m // Pic de Madamète option: 6 km / +11 5m / – 115 m

Lush green lawns, granite chaos, pine groves and sparkling lakes – enjoy the “Néouvielle” atmosphere throughout this crossing! The route follows the GR10 and climbs upwards, offering delightful views over the Aumar and Aubert lakes. Nestling in a discreet valley, it skirts the Gourg de Rabas, a pretty little lake reflecting the silhouette of the Néouvielle peak, before reaching the Col de Madamète for a welcome break. The rest of the route is downhill, past the Madamète lakes, where you can take a refreshing break, to the Aygues-Cluses refuge.

Overnight at the Aygues-Cluses refuge.

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Optional: you can climb the Pic de Madamète from the Col de Madamète, which offers a breathtaking view of all the lakes and the Pic du Néouvielle. A 30-minute round trip on a spectacular ridge.

Day 3

Lac d’Agalops – Hourquette de Nère – Lac de Gourg Nère – Laquets de Port-Bielh – Lac de Port Bielh – Hourquette de Caderolles – Lac de Campana

Start: Refuge d’Aygues Cluses > Finish: Refuge de Campana de Cloutou
6 km / +595 m / – 527 m

This stage takes place in one of the most beautiful and wildest areas of the Néouvielle, far from road access. The route takes in a spectacular world of granite and lakes, offering vast vistas as you cross two passes at almost 2500m. The waltz of lakes continues until you reach the welcoming refuge overlooking Lake Campana. The reward at the end of the road.

Overnight at the Campana de Cloutou refuge.

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On the way to the Oulettes de Gaube refuge, facing the Vignemale

Day 4

Lac de la Hourquette – Col de Bastanet – Lacs de Bastan (upper lake, middle lake, lower lake) – Lac de L’Oule

Start: Refuge de Campana de Cloutou > Finish: Refuge de l’Oule
8.4 km / +416 m / -821 m

There’s so much to see on this north-south crossing! A myriad of lakes, groves of twisted pines, vast high-altitude meadows and halfway up the mineral ascent to the Col du Bastanet, at 2,509 m, from where you can see the whole of today’s route.

Overnight at the Oule refuge.

Day 5

Col d’Estoudou – Soum de Monpelat – Lac d’Orédon

Start: Refuge de l’Oule > Finish: Lac d’Orédon
6 km / +550 m / -508 m

Mediterranean ambience under the light shade of pine trees on this final stage, starting in the peaceful, luminous surroundings of Lac de l’Oule. From the Col d’Estoudou, the ascent of the modest Soum de Monpelat is a must, for a remarkable panorama of the great Néouvielle peaks and more than a dozen lakes.

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5 days/4 nights in refuges with full board
5 days free walking
Travel pack with guidebook and IGN map 1/25 000 Néouvielle

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