4 Best Hikes in the Pyrenees France & Spain 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 Road Trip

Hiking in the Pyrenees mountains of France and Spain, Europe. We spent 4 days in a road trip traveling and hiking in the High Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrenees or Altos Pirineos) of France and Spain—in rough November weather. As it was our first time visit there, we wanted to get a diverse list of trails, so this video features our final selection of the 4 best day hikes. Two of them are on the French side, the other two—on the Spanish side. These hiking trails best showcase the wild and naked nature of the Pyrenees.

The first one lies in France, and it's a hike to the "lake of lakes" in the Pyrenees–Lac de Gaube (8 km loop with 400m elevation gain). Then, a visit to the majestic waterfall at Cirque de Gavarnie (11 km loop with almost 800m of elevation gain), which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Pyrenees Mont Perdu. On the Spanish side, Aragon, we explore a true hidden gem—the 15 km loop (almost 1000m of elevation gain) to the valley of Aguas Tuertas, the Secus mountain, and the grandiose Castillo de Acher. Last but not least, the Ordesa Valley and a hike to Faja Racon with a dizzling detour to the Tozal del Mallo (15 km with 1400m elevation gain). This video includes also some travel tips and where to park your car at the trailheads.

You can find all of these trails on my map:

The hikes in order of appearance:

00:00 Intro
01:07 Best Lake Hike in the Pyrenees
05:29 Best Waterfall Hike in the Pyrenees
09:57 Best River Hike in the Pyrenees
19:27 Best Canyon Hike in the Pyrenees

The trails in alphabetical order:
— Aguas Tuertas & Castillo de Acher / Spain
— Cirque de Gavarnie / France
— Faja Racon & Tozal del Mallo, Ordesa / Spain
— Lac de Gaube / France

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My gear (some affiliate links included):

Sony Alpha a6500 Camera

Sigma 16mm f/1.4 Lens

DJI Pocket 2 Action Camera

Insta360 X3 Action Camera

DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone

Smallrig AP-10 Tripod

Berghaus Paclite 2.0 Goretex Jacket

The North Face Thermoball Jacket

Dachstein GTX Boots

The North Face Hedgehog GTX Boots

The North Face Jester Backpack

Columbia Omni-Heat Gloves

Forclaz MT500 Hiking Pants

Silva Explore 4 Headlamp

Katadyn BeFree Water Filter

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[kraigadams]

some good vids dude. keep up the great work

[steverich]

This footage should be awarded…. My personal Oscar is yours!!! Thanks a lot….

[alexandramacsim]

I love everything about this video. Absolutely everything, from music to indications. I will to the same trails in December.

[fernandobm]

"One of this moments you find yourself with tears in your eyes" You really are truly mountaineers

[sinosuke]

Fantastic video, musin, editing and just the rigth words. Nothing more is needed to describe the wonders that surround us. Thanks.

[dingue]

Je vous félicite pour ce beau reportage des Pyrénées. J'habite à côté et je vais souvent faire des randonnées.
Ces montagnes regorgent de trésors, d'autres endroits des Pyrénées sont aussi magnifiques.
Merci pour votre travail 👍
Bonne continuation.

[myblackboxrocks]

One of the best times to be in the mountains. Solitude and a sense of adventure that is often missing in the busy summer months.

[LukeGeeTravels]

Wow, those are some incredible shots and hikes! Saved all of them, hoping to make it down to France and Spain to do these!

[RogerRabbit-hdhh]

I was born and raised in the Pyrénées. It’s kinda cool to see people showing some love for our mountains.
The Cirque de Gavarnie is a nice place but I would recommand the Cirque de Troumouse too. It’s, imo, more beautiful and less frequented thant Gavarnie.

[alexdetrojan]

The Pyranees are stunningly beautiful. I will never make it to these mountains...thanks for taking me.

[Tpot]

wow i feel blown away you mustve really put time into making this and its really appreciated, many thanks. God is great.

[cx]

Très, très belles images, merci beaucoup et il faut avoir le courage d'aller les chercher !

[koly]

Wonderful mountains, wonderful walk, all the most interesting moments, I wasn’t tired at all, this was sheer safe!

[eliottutogaming]

Les lacs d'Ayous sont incroyables ! En plus il y a le pic du midi d'Ossau devant, il n'y a rien de plus beau !

[bryanodriscoll]

Superb views. I'm too old now but those are routes I would have enjoyed immensely when I was able.

[twlvz]

Just wanted to thank you guys for my unbelievable vacation in the Pyrenees this fall. Your video inspired me

[edwardlobb]

Fantastic... like being there. Excellent interplay of high drone with down to earth provides extraordinary balance. Thank you!

[colacadm]

I had no idea these places even existed in the Pyrenees. Great work. I'm going!

[rg]

absolutely stunning work! you've earned my subscription!

[victormartil]

Wow! Now I need to get down these goosebumps that I have! What a peaceful video, nice work! 😃