Today’s trail continued through the Queyras Regional Park all day, and ended at the park’s south-west border, 27km later, on the beautiful, aquamarine Lac Saint Anne.
There was some really good ridge walking throughout the day, and the small village of Chateau-Queyras I passed early in the morning was very scenic and charming.
From the village, there was a 1,000m climb up to a ridge, and then over to the Col de Fromage (sil vous ple, pass the cheese?). From the col, a 600m descent to the town of Ceillac, where I had hoped to stop into the market. However, it wouldn’t open for another 2 hours, and I had enough food for another 3 days or so, so I carried on.
I walked a road up a scenic valley, eventually turning onto a trail and climbing another 700m, having dinner at the Lac de Miroir, and finally pitching the tent above the gorgeous Lac Saint Anne.
All in all, a solid day of hiking! Very scenic! There are at least ten times a day that I am in disbelief that anything could be as pretty as what I am seeing.
Ahh, so fresh. I love it. Okay, good night!