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Lac des Gloriettes – Hourquette d'Alans (Alans Pass) loop from Lac des Gloriettes

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Lac des Gloriettes – Hourquette d'Alans (Alans Pass) loop from Lac des Gloriettes

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Lac des Gloriettes – Hourquette d'Alans (Alans Pass) loop from Lac des Gloriettes

06:54

17.2km

780m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 24, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc national des Pyrénées (cœur)

Parc national des Pyrénées (Aire d'adhésion)

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1.46 km

Lac des Gloriettes

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Spectacular and easy to walk path along the reservoir

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1.81 km

Lake Gloriettes

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Haven of peace around the lake not far from the Coumély barns

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3.03 km

Waterfall for bathing

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.. including a small climbing section

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3.41 km

Entrance to Pyrénées National Park

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Dogs are allowed in the Estaubé cirque on a restricted section, from the parking lot to the edge of the Pyrenees National Park.

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6.03 km

This natural circus protects the Estaubé valley. Its crest line marks the border between France and Spain. The circus has a dozen peaks. The highest of them, the Grand Astazou, culminates at 3,071 meters above sea level.

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8.48 km

Hourquette d'Alans (Alans Pass)

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La Hourquette d'Alans is a mountain pass which is located at an altitude of 2,430 meters in the Pyrenees.
Hourquette designates a fork-shaped pass in Gascon. This one separates the circus of Estaubé to the east and that of Gavarnie to the west. La Hourquette d'Alans offers an extraordinary panorama of the various summits of the cirques it connects.

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16.0 km

Start of Cirque d'Estaubé

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For the sportiest, many high mountain routes.

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17.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.2 km

1.40 km

528 m

125 m

Surfaces

13.8 km

1.49 km

1.40 km

369 m

159 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 2 September

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Lac des Gloriettes – Hourquette d'Alans (Alans Pass) loop from Lac des Gloriettes

Lac des Gloriettes

Lake Gloriettes

Waterfall for bathing

Entrance to Pyrénées National Park

Estaubé circus

Hourquette d'Alans (Alans Pass)

Start of Cirque d'Estaubé

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