Stage 4: Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Vielle-Aure — Grand Raid des Pyrénées

This last stage aims to bring you back to the starting point: the village of Vielle-Aure. Overall, the profile is divided into two parts: a long gradual climb to the middle of the course and then a slightly hilly descent to your final destination. This stage comes down to flirting alternately with the GR 10 trail.

The route begins by climbing on the sides of the soum de Nère, with beautiful parts in the forest. The first kilometers follow the departmental road which goes to the Col du Tourmalet, part of it is on the GR 10.

At the hamlet of Tournaboup, you cross the road to enter the magnificent Gaubie valley. You find the GR 10 to sink into this peaceful and preserved valley. Bridges and ruins bear witness to centuries-old pastoral activity as you progress. The slope rises gradually to harden between the huts of Aygues Cluses and the hourquette Nère, the highest point of the stage. At the pass, a magnificent landscape awaits you with superb panoramas of the lakes towards which you begin a technical descent.

As you progress, several lakes are revealed to you, including the superb Port Bielh lake. The rest of the descent plunges into a beautiful forest before revealing the immense Lake Oule. From there, you embark on the last climb of your journey to the Col du Portet. From then on, you follow again the markup of the GR 10 which you left at the edge of Hourquette Nère. It is at the foot of Cap de Pède that you leave it to dive on a track towards your final destination.

You reach the heights of Vielle-Aure via the neighboring village of Vignec. A few hundred meters later, you have arrived at the end of your formidable Pyrenean odyssey. This authentic village offers you a last moment out of time to perfectly end your adventure.