The peyade lake

Depart from the town of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, latitude 42.9596300 (N 42° 57’ 35”), longitude 0.1159200 (E 0° 6’ 57”)

• Cross the torrent on a bridge and climb to the left. To reach a clearing and follow the grassy path straight, leaving a first path to the right, then a second one (return route).
• Go straight ahead, then follow the path that rises in the ferns. On a steady slope, it progresses southwards, alternating passages in the forest and in the moors before leading to a vast plateau.
• Cross three small ford torrents and cross the plateau in a southerly direction. The trail rises in the middle of the rhododendrons, then turns west as it crosses. It ends on a flat along the torrent. Continue straight among the blocks to reach The Lake of Peyrelade (1919m).
• Join the lake weir, wade through it, then climb west. Reach a small pass (beautiful view of the lake) and tip over on the opposite slope. Descend for a long time to the ruins of Lahus (view of the Pic du Midi to the southeast).
• The path turns northwards and descends into the rhododendrons and then into a fir tree. It leads to a wide path: follow it to the left for a few meters, then to the right. After a pin bend on the left reach an intersection.
• Leave the wide path to climb right into the fir tree and then go down to point 2.