Mountain refuge Cabane de Vallserra

Open ground and clear decisions. The Cabane de Vallserra at 1770 meters, it appears in the sector of Les Angles, on the pastoral sentier of Gagnade, in the Capcir de la Occitania French. This reference is already well guided: it is not an urban coat or a valley bottom, but a point linked to exposed slopes of grass and mountain, where wind, fog or a rapid change of time can weigh more than the distance on the map.

Your practical interest is in the position. In this part of the Eastern Pyrenees, continuity routes such as the HRP and GR 10 , in addition to Chemin Vauban , so the cabin can be used to break the day, cover a withdrawal or solve a long section if conditions get worse. It is also within the radius of known routes to the étangs del Carlit, which places it in a transition area between marked path, pastoral terrain and more mineral environment as you gain height.

It should be put forward with a logic of autonomy. There are no immediate water points in the available data and the nearest sources are several kilometres away, so the water should be provided before leaving. In a shelter of this kind, the utility depends both on its location and on the ability to read the relief and choose the moment well: to continue the journey, to cut stage or to lose height to Les Angles if the time is closed.