Pour un marcheur moyen, cette durée comprend des pauses raisonnables.Nous vous conseillons aussi d'emporter avec vous les cartes IGN papier au 1:25000 de cette randonnée.

Suivre. The trail up to this point was so tame that we saw plenty of families doing the hike (in both good and bad weather) though I didn’t recall any of them bringing infants.

The cirque was almost entirely visible throughout the trail though the perspective changed the further we went. So just scroll down to see more pictures and videos. Profitez d’une belle randonnée pour aller vous rafraîchir auprès des eaux de la Grande Cascade. After all, you could be doing what we did and say, We drove to the Cascade de Gavarnie from the charming village of Even though it’s possible to do this drive in a half-hour (most likely if you’re a local who knows these roads like the back of their hands), you’re probably looking at something more like 45 minutes to an hour each way.This is because the mountain road is twisty and narrow.

Mais quel spectacle, quel grondement que cette cascade qui se jette dans le vide d’une hauteur de 400 mètres. The result was what we believed had to be one of the most beautiful locales in After all, the cirque featured snow-crusted mountains with steep walls sprinkled with several small cascades including The tallest of its two most visible tiers was said to plunge 281m, which also made it one of France’s highest by this measure (of highest vertical drop).

So for this reason, I’ve seen this waterfall referred to as: Gavarnie Falls, the Gavarnie Waterfall, The waterfall sat in a glacial cirque, which I believe was a bowl or depression left behind by a glacier. However, there was one spot we noticed near a WC where some folks figured out no one was asking for parking money.Bottom up sweep from one of the footbridges over the stream panning up towards the cirqueFull 360 degree sweep from a lookout along a cobblestone section of the trailStarting with a zoom-in on the Cascade du Gavarnie then zooming out progressively showing the context of the falls180 degree sweep from along the trail showing a side cascade before panning to the cirque itselfCascades beneath the cirque before zooming out showing its context, then finally zooming in on the cascades within the cirque itself; seen from the Hotel du Cirque et Cascade du GavarnieSweep starting downstream showing the nearest hotel then circling around the cirque and all neighboring cascades before honing in on the cirque itselfNo users have submitted a write-up/review of this waterfallJohnny Cheng is the founder of the World of Waterfalls and author of A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls. Une falaise abrupte de 1 500 mètres de haut abrite au creux de sa roche la plus grande cascade d’Europe. Luckily, we came back when the weather finally cleared and we could see the cirque and the grand waterfall from the neighboring town of Even though both the falls and the cirque could be seen from afar in town, we thought it was well worth our while to do the roughly 2.5-hour round trip hike from town towards the nearby Translated as the Hotel of the Cirque and the Waterfall, it was the nearest structure to the base of the cirque and Gavarnie Falls.The hotel was closed during our visit, but I suspect that it would be open deep into the peak Summer season. With its overall drop of 422 metres, it is the highest waterfall in mainland France.The falls are situated in the Cirque de Gavarnie, near the village Gavarnie in the Hautes-Pyrénées. Située dans le cirque glaciaire de Gavarnie dans les Hautes-Pyrénées, la cascade de Gavarnie se jette de 423 m de hauteur. D'une hauteur de 423 mètres, il s'agit de la plus haute cascade de France métropolitaine et l'une des plus importantes d'Europe. Qui ne connaît pas le célèbre Cirque de Gavarnie ? Auteurs de ce topo :

Generally, the closer the car park is to the trail, the more you have to pay.