The Encantats Loop

Els Encantats from Sant Maurici lake - Aigüestortes - Spain

Spanish Catalan Pyrenees • Aigüestortes National Park

From the harmony of this mineral world and verdant nature emerges all the beauty and serenity of the landscapes of these mountains known as the ‘enchanted’ peaks.

Towards Contraix Pass, Xic de Colieto Lake

Towards Contraix Pass, Xic de Colieto Lake

Landscape crossed before Saburo Pass, with Saburo Lake in the distance

Landscape crossed before Saburo Pass, with Saburo Lake in the distance

After Monestero Pass

After Monestero Pass

Towards Amitges Refuge, San Maurici Lake at the foot of the Encantats Needles

Towards Amitges Refuge, San Maurici Lake, at the foot of the Encantats Needles

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From refuge to refuge, along the paths, colours burst forth. From the pink of rhododendrons, to the yellow of arnicas, alpine forget-me-nots, passing through the white of mountain saxifrages, cottongrass, the blue of Pyrenean bellflowers, great gentians…

Great Yellow Gentian Great Yellow Gentian

Houseleeks

Houseleeks

Cottongrass Cottongrass

Water is everywhere, it gushes from waterfalls, flows gently through the valleys and reveals the blues of crystalline lakes that step down the mountainsides with their lagoon-like colours.

Colomina Lake

Colomina Lake

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Maria Blanc site, Tort de Peguera Lake

Towards Amitges Refuge, at the foot of the Encantats Needles

Towards Amitges Refuge, at the foot of the Encantats Needles

Lake in the Colomers Cirque

Lake in the Colomers Cirque

Enchantment and dazzlement from this wild nature that offers us magical moments.

Towards Contraix Pass

Towards Contraix Pass

Maria Blanch Refuge site

Maria Blanch Refuge site

Between Amitges Refuge and Ratera d'Espot Pass

Between Amitges Refuge and Ratera d’Espot Pass

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