Sunday August 6, 18.2km/11.3mi

Along River Barranc de Comamala (495.5km/1740m) (España) to Lake Estany Inferior de Guerosso (513.7km/2150m) (España)

We departed our nice little camp spot at 8am, and continued our uphill climb to the next pass. Once we got a little higher, I could see across a meadow to a bunch of waterfalls.

As it turned out, the trail would go right next to the waterfall.

As usual I heard cowbells and saw a few cows grazing way up here in the grass. What I did not expect to see was a pile of bones from a cow skeleton.

The only thing left of the cow was the bones and its plastic ear tag. Rest in peace, cow #4620.

When we got to the top of the pass Coll de la Cornella, I had just forgotten about the cow skeleton, when I saw somebody had placed the cow skull on top of the cairn! Ha!

Looking down at what we had just hiked up:

And looking ahead toward the next valley and set of lakes:

We left the pass on some very steep scree, quickly passed by the two tiny lakes and went up to another small pass called Coll de Curios.

I loved the name, haha. Interestingly, from that pass we didn’t descend but continued to climb up to another pass. And of course passed more tarns along the way.

Adam coming up behind me, to the pass Coll de Calberante.

From this pass, it was all downhill for awhile.

We hiked by all three lakes, and stopped at a little hut at the end of the 3rd Lake to have lunch.

I love hiking on the granite slickrock, it’s so much fun to walk on smooth rock, like a slanted sidewalk.

When we weren’t walking on rock, there was a pretty easy trail to follow.

Our lunch spot at a little hut.

I got to the hut first, and could see Adam coming across the bridge just a few minutes away.

This was an unmanned hut, and much smaller than the huge ones in the high Pyrenees. It had bunks for 9 people, and a nice little table to eat lunch at.

When we left the hut after lunch, we saw two women napping on a boulder in the stream below us. Pretty good life.

We spent most of the rest of the afternoon descending into the next valley, which was filled with little lakes.

And more of the fun slickrock to walk on.

After a couple of hours of easy downhill walking, we joined a dirt road for a little while.

The two women had caught up to us, it turns out they are also hiking the HRP. They are a mother and daughter from New Zealand, and are loving the trail now that it is sunny most days. When we got to the little village of Noarre, we parted ways.

It was a tiny little village with no services whatsoever and not even any roads.

With no reason to stop, we kept walking and pretty soon left the village. The next climb had started, at first it was very easy but after an hour it became quite steep.

When we got to the Lake Estany Inferior de Guerosso, it was almost 6pm. I decided to stop and camp here, but Adam kept going as he is on a tighter schedule to finish the trail. We said our goodbyes, and he continued up the climb. He was a fun hiking partner, and we had a good system of keeping each others’ navigation accurate. I found a spot in the trees for my tent, which was nice and sheltered from the wind.

The view of the lake nearby was a nice bonus.

I made a big dinner, and watched the sunset over the lake. Good day!