Ibon de Col de Toro from La Besurta
A walk past an unusual feature (Forau de Aguallat) and on into the overwhelmingly beautiful valley to the Ibon. (lake) The route returns the same way.
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The grade of this walk is MS/B, which means
MS – Moderately Strenuous: Up to 600 metres ascent and/or no more than 15 km in length with some rough going taken at a reasonable pace.
B – Less than half the route on rough ground
| Nearest town | Benasque |
| Directions to start |
From Benasque town drive N on the A139 NW through the Vall de Benas. Pass a reservoir on the RHS and then drive through a series of avalanche tunnels. After these look for a signed turning on the RHS to Hospital de Benasque and take this road as it drops a little and passes a large parking area on the LHS. Just before reaching a large hotel down on the LHS leave this newly tarmacked road in favour of a continuation that forks R and has a more broken surface. Follow this as it deteriorates until the end and find a parking spot just before or after a small ford. |
| Start point (Lat/Long) | 42.678763, 0.649884 Click here to view in Google Maps (in a new browser tab) |
| Length (km) | 10.00 |
| Ascent (metres) | 420 |
| Walking time (hours) | 3.5 |
| Total time (hours) | 5 |
| Recommendations or Restrictions | None |
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In summer you can not drive past Hospital. A bus service runs every 30 mins until 9 pm. Cost about 3 euro each way. Otherwise it is a long walk as we found out!!!!
The route up to the lake at the end is more cross country and we saw nobody doing it. We followed the path!
Turn off road from to Hospital is 11km from Benasque