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Pic Carlit and Les Bouillouses
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Pic Carlit and Les Bouillouses

The highest summit in the Pyrénées-Orientales

Pic Carlit (2 921 m) is the highest summit in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The route up starts from the dam at the Lac des Bouillouses and passes a string of lakes.

Ascent

Height
2,921 m
Massif
Carlit
Country
Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Grade
T4 · Hard
Days
1 day
Season
July–September
Starting point
Barrage des Bouillouses (2 001 m) – bus from Mont-Louis in summer
Elevation gain
approx. 950 hm
Time
6–7 h loop

Pic Carlit is the highest peak in the Pyrénées-Orientales and towers over the plateau of twelve lakes at Les Bouillouses.

How to get up – the normal route step by step

  1. Past a string of lakes up towards the east side of the peak.
  2. The last stretch is a steep rocky path where you use your hands.
  3. Down the same way or round via the twelve lakes.
SafetyExposed near the summit. Avoid in thunderstorms.

Day hike

Starting point
Barrage des Bouillouses
Distance
approx. 15 km return
Elevation gain
900 hm
Time
6 h
Level
Hard
Season
July–September

Past a string of lakes up to Pic Carlit at 2 921 metres. The final stretch is a steep rocky path where you use your hands. In summer a bus runs to Les Bouillouses from Mont-Louis.

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42.5740° N, 1.9320° E

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