I've had some questions about crossing the Pyrenees so I went online to try to find out what I am getting into. Yes there are peaks in the Pyrenees above 11,000 feet but where I will be crossing them the elevation is around 4200 feet. The highest peak comes later, closer to Santiago, and that one, Alto de Cerezales, is only 4921 feet. Of course they measure in meters so I had to convert the meters to feet. While this may not seem high considering our town is at or above 5000 feet, consider that the first peak, in the Lepoeder, is a climb of over 3,000 vertical feet in a little over 10 miles. That is considerably steeper than anything we have around here. So my training will include as much vertical climbing as I can muster.
Today I went out to the wilderness area to start a bit of elevation work. I absolutely loved it. It was so quiet out there being the middle of the week. The snow from Tuesday was still on the trail and the giant marshmallow was romping through the bushes and trees and having a terrific time. The route we took was around 4 miles long though it is hard to judge from the maps the exact distance or elevation. I didn't get to take the hike that I had planned on doing today because there is much logging going on around the perimeter of the wilderness area. I hope I can still get to my favorite places though before I leave in the spring.
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