Spain / Catalonia Carros de Foc circular hike/trek hiking map 1:25K
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This hiking map covers the Carros de Foc circular hike/trek through Parc Nacional D'Aiguestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici and includes details of the stages as well as the contact details of the refuges.
History
It was the summer of 1987 when some of the shelter guards in the area decided to make the Pallars - Ribagorça - Aran crossing in one day. It was not a competition, just a way to visit the other guards and chat for a while.
Someone, we don't know exactly who, or why, called it Carros de Foc (Chariots of Fire), and since then, summer or winter, when someone makes the journey in the daytime, the voice spreads from shelter to shelter as fast as the wind crosses the hills: "Today the Carros de Foc pass by".
Since that summer of 1987, many mountaineers, hikers and runners have enjoyed the Carros de Foc crossing and many repeat the experience, because there will always be places full of beauty still to be discovered.
Our challenge is to spread the love we feel for these mountains and to make known the beauty of an extraordinary journey, which will surely provide us with unique experiences.
The regions
The Pallars, the Alta Ribagorça and the Val d'Aran are the regions that are home to one of the most beautiful areas in the Pyrenees and make up the Aigües Tortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park.
Discovering these landscapes has always been one of the objectives of most mountaineers. Perhaps for this reason, shelters were appearing in the area with the idea of facilitating ascents and crossings and with the passage of time these shelters have become part of the landscape. So now we can find a total of nine shelters that allow us to travel around the area making different combinations of itineraries.
To do the classic Carros de Foc tour we will need between 5 and 7 days.
About the Series
Editorial Alpina are a leading Spanish publishing house and produce an extensive and very popular series of walking/hiking maps covering the Pyrenees and other popular areas of Spain.
These topographic maps are published at scales from 1:10,000 to 1:50,000 (With most at 1:25,000) and show additional hill-shading or altitude tinting.
An overprint highlights hiking trails, long-distance footpaths, campsites, mountain huts, refuges, etc. The latest editions also show climbing sites, mountain bike routes, equestrian and ski centres (Shown by icons on the front cover).
Nearly all the maps have a separate booklet, published in Spanish and/or Catalan (With many now also including English), containing general information about the area, descriptions of selected hiking routes, a list of accommodation with addresses, and other useful contact details for when you are in the area etc.
All the latest editions have a UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude and longitude.
Map legend in most titles includes English.