24   Bivouac de la Lude - Ville Aure  16 km

Bivouac de la Lude

Ville Aure                             16 km

We started with a road walk along Lac de l'Oule. After a while the daily climbing started. Mostly along some road and later following a skilift. At Col de Portet some cind of bar war open inside a garage. We had something to drink and continued going up to the mountain station of the cable car. Here we got into one of the continous stream of little cabins for the first leg down. At the bottom we had to take a short bus ride to Pla d'Adet. Sofar it had been for free. Here we had to pay at the station to be taken down to Saint-Lary-Soulan by another cable car. We arrived in time for lunch. At a supermarket we got some food and set at center of twon on some benches for our meal. This was a very touristy town. Some women where dressed in typical Bask clothing and showing some wool working. We took our time before moving on to the naiboring town of Ville Aure where we had booked a hotel room for the night.

View from Col de Portet into valley of river Aure

View out of the cable car

Pla d'Adet

Women in traditional Bask clothing in Saint-Lary-Soulan

Touristy town Saint-Lary-Soulan