GRPdesBF 511-519

The bordermarkers of the Pyrenees : the GRPdesBF

- stage 46 -
Porteille de Mantet - Col d'Ares (bm511-519)

Only the bordermarkers along this stage are shown (and some adjoining ones). The main route is red, the variants have other colors. The main route provides a smooth on-going route along most bordermarkers, the variants give access to the remaining bordermarkers. See the GRPdesBF-principles.
Click here for an fullscreen interactive map.

In short
A gradually descending stage, leading you from a rocky and exposed ridge to a lower and greener hillridge. We are leaving the hight mountains behind us and until the Mediterranean we won't exceed the 1600m again.
From bm511 we can follow a trail N of the borderridge until Portella de Callau. Then directly climbing to Roc Colom (bm512) and along the borderridge to Coll del Pal (bm513). On the S-side of Pic de Costabonne we can now traverse to the borderridge 1,5km to the SE without having to climb the Pic. And then it's essentially following the grassy hillridge on trails and sometimes dirtroads until Col d'Ares with bm519.

Considerations
There are in generail no wayfinding-issues.
Water is scarce: there is only one source on the trail: at the S-side of Pic de Costabonne. When studying the maps, I spotted however a source ± 250m N of the col just W of Puig del Rey ("Font de l'Artique d'En France"). That's ± 1,2km W of bm515. The next stage is also scarce in water sources so you have to collect enough to get through the next day as well.

Factsheet

Routes	Km	Heights: min - max	Heights: start-finish	Cum. pos. elevation	Cum. neg. elevation	Cum. total elevaton	Time	Bm's covered
main route	20,1	1513-2494	2411-1513	567	1465	2032	7:11	9*
incl. all variants	No variants in this stage
- the main route is a smooth trail along the border and most of the bordermarkers (within ±100m reach of the main route) - the variants allow you to visit the remaining bordermarkers - altitudes are derived with Gpsvisualisizer using NASA SRTM1-data - km & elevations statistics computed in Basecamp - time according to Naismith's rule with average speed 4km/h; 10 min. extra for every 100m ascent and 5 min. extra for every 100m descent. Don't forget: this is a rough estimation. - (+ or -) = extra km & elevation & time compared to continuing on the main route) * = including overlap of 1 bm with previous stage								Bm's covered cumulative:
								632
								Bm's cum. on main route:
								355

Gps-files needed

	kml/kmz	gpx (with altitudes added)
Waypoints of all esfr-bordermarkers	esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.kml	gpx-version
Tracks of this stage	grpdesbf-511-519-vs02.kml	gpx-version

Useful
You might check the relevant webpages in the 'All markers'-section and 'All my trips'-section. They provide pictures of the bordermarkers and additional information.

Version 02
February 2016. If you have any correction, suggestion etcetera -> please email me: eefberns@grenspalen.nl

MAPS AND DIRECTIONS

Print your own maps
It's easy to print your own - custom made - maps with the GRPdesBF-route and the bordermarkers on them.
See: Print your own maps

Bm511

Bm512

Bm513

Bm514

Bm515

Bm516

Bm517

Bm518

Bm519

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