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Doing the GR11 on June-July 2025 - Please advice
I'm planning on doing the GR11 from mid-June to end July this year, from Cap de Creus, Catalonia, to Hendaya in the Basque Country, in 35-40 days
I'm a fairly good hiker, doing hikes every Sunday, not very long (between 7 and 23 Km) with some elevation gains (400-900 m) in difficult terrain. Three years ago, I hiked some of the Washington sections of the PCT (around 480 Km in three weeks) so I think I know what long distance hiking is about. I believe I can cover something in between 15 to 30 km per day, 6 days a week, for an average of 150 km per week. But I would love to hear your advice specifically for the GR11, as I have never hiked the Pyrenees.
1. Regarding **weather**: should I be prepare for snow, rain, heat? What's your experience?
2. About **food**: how easy is to find places to eat in the trail or to buy food and supplies? In the PCT we use to carry 5-6 days of food with us at the beginning of each stage, how many days of food should I have with me in the Pyrenees stages.
3. **Water**: I thinking of using the same portable filtration device (platypus quickdraw) I used in the PCT, as in Washington there's planty of water sources along the trail. Is the same in the GR11? Will I find water available for filtering every 5-10 km?
3. **Sleeping**: I'm planning on taking a ultralight tent with me, and use manage/unmanaged shelters when it's possible. How cold a night can be in the mountains, should I have a below 0º C sleeping bag (32º F)?
4. The **trail**: I'm Mexican. I'm accostumed to unmaintained trails -many times I have to use my machete to cut my way out of some entagled part of the trail- so I was surprised (and grateful!) for the well indicated, clean, wide trails of the US, specially the PCT. How about the trails forming GR11? Are they as well maintained and indicated as their counterparts in US? I have downloaded the GPX tracks to my navigation app, but how easy is to navigate them on the real terrain?
Any advice will be much appreciated. ;)
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I'm planning on doing the GR11 from mid-June to end July this year, from Cap de Creus, Catalonia, to Hendaya in the Basque Country, in 35-40 days
I'm a fairly good hiker, doing hikes every Sunday, not very long (between 7 and 23 Km) with some elevation gains (400-900 m) in difficult terrain. Three years ago, I hiked some of the Washington sections of the PCT (around 480 Km in three weeks) so I think I know what long distance hiking is about. I believe I can cover something in between 15 to 30 km per day, 6 days a week, for an average of 150 km per week. But I would love to hear your advice specifically for the GR11, as I have never hiked the Pyrenees.
1. Regarding **weather**: should I be prepare for snow, rain, heat? What's your experience?
2. About **food**: how easy is to find places to eat in the trail or to buy food and supplies? In the PCT we use to carry 5-6 days of food with us at the beginning of each stage, how many days of food should I have with me in the Pyrenees stages.
3. **Water**: I thinking of using the same portable filtration device (platypus quickdraw) I used in the PCT, as in Washington there's planty of water sources along the trail. Is the same in the GR11? Will I find water available for filtering every 5-10 km?
3. **Sleeping**: I'm planning on taking a ultralight tent with me, and use manage/unmanaged shelters when it's possible. How cold a night can be in the mountains, should I have a below 0º C sleeping bag (32º F)?
4. The **trail**: I'm Mexican. I'm accostumed to unmaintained trails -many times I have to use my machete to cut my way out of some entagled part of the trail- so I was surprised (and grateful!) for the well indicated, clean, wide trails of the US, specially the PCT. How about the trails forming GR11? Are they as well maintained and indicated as their counterparts in US? I have downloaded the GPX tracks to my navigation app, but how easy is to navigate them on the real terrain?
Any advice will be much appreciated. ;)
#hiking #activity
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