Although the Park is composed of four valleys, is the most visited of Ordesa. It’s a great scenario of glacial origin chiseled by the River Arazas and decorated with waterfalls as the horsetail. To have the best views of the Valley, one of the recommended routes is the path of hunters, that reaches the viewpoint of Calcilarruego to skirt the cornices by the Faja de Pelay until reaching the Circo de Soaso, from where you can reach back to the bottom. Within the special terrain of the Park, it is worth devoting enough time to know other places like the Valley of Escuain, with its Sinkholes and gorges, or barrel of Anisclo, that was saved from becoming a swamp at the end of the 1970s thanks to the popular mobilization. The Pineta Cirque with its great waterfall and the gap of Ronaldo, opened in a high wall of rock in the depths of the Park, are two other classics of the area that is accessed by Bielsa and Torla, respectively.
In the protected area there are 22 routes for walkers who will be visiting all these places and other places also singular. All these can be found in the visitor’s Guide and are well marked on the ground, with the exception of which reach dimensions higher. Since the Park is asked to visitors that they are prudent, since it is an area in that time can change abruptly, mists are common and the land has dangerous precipices. Protected from the excesses of tourism calculated that around 600,000 people arrive each year the reserve, most via the Ordesa Valley. Authorities, aware of the environmental degradation that caused cars, decided in 1998 to initiate a plan of access control.
Since then, during the summer months and Easter, visitors must leave their vehicles in a large car park enabled Torla and pass to the Valley by bus. The Park cannot be dogs, or go biking along paths restricted or bathing. Free camping is only permitted from certain altitude, but visitors have several campsites in the populations surrounding the reserve. The accommodation in the area is expanding and there is a parador nacional in the locality of Bielsa. Source of the news: Monte Perdido, the landscape that emerged from the fog and ice
| February 18th, 2013 | Posted in General |