Hiking in Andorra - Fontverd Route [Escardes-Engordany]

Hiking course where Tomo & Chouchou walked

Country: Andorra

Area: Escaldes-Engordany

Course: Fontverd Route [Trails of Andorra、No.52]

Hiking hours: 3 hours 45 minutes
Difficulty: Intermediate

 

We need to climb rocky route at the beginning.

[UNESCO] The Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

(Catalan: Vall del Madriu-Perafita-Claror, 

French: Vallée du Madriu-Perafita-Claror, 

Spanish: Valle de Madriu-Perafita-Claror)

 

 

We could see the valley.

 

 

 

Here is the steepest rocky slope in this hiking course.

 

 

Altitude 1840m; Less rocks and flat area. 

We can enjoy more green plants. 

We start to walk along the stream.

Easy to walk around here.

We can also enjoy a big nature while walking. 

 

 

Fontverd Refuge (Refugi de Fontverd).

It was our turning point.

In front of Fontverd Refuge. 

There were the stream and the bridge. 

 

We could see a butterfly of Pyrenees.

We had to pass the rocky cliff.  It was scary.

At the end, we came back to the departure point.

Here is the hiking map of Fontverd Route.

Episode of Fontverd Route

We really liked the course walking along the stream until the Refuge. We could enjoy this hiking at different angles; looking down the valley from high altitude, looking up the mountain while walking along the stream, and walking thrilling rocky route. 

We wanted to go to refuge to take a rest. However some people live at the refuge. So we couldn't enter there. Around the refuge, we also found a cow carcass. We felt uncomfortable. So we took our lunch at the different place. Anyway around the refuge was the beautiful spot of this hiking course. 

We could enjoy many faces of the Pyrenees through Fontverd Route of Escaldes-Engordany. Scenery of the Pyrenees mountain was very beautiful. It's worth  visiting!
 

Tomo & Chouochou's Advices

1)You had better not take a rest at refuge.
2)You had better not take your lunch at refuge.
3)If you want to enjoy hiking in Andorra, you can get a hiking book "Trails of Andorra" at tourist information. This book explains 54 hiking courses with hiking maps. It is very useful.  

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