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Angoustrine-Villeneuve-Des-Escaldes

Lac des Bouillouses

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-Des-Escaldes

Lac des Bouillouses

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées catalanes

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Location: Angoustrine-Villeneuve-Des-Escaldes, Prades, Occitania, France

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1. Pic Carlit – hike starting from the parking lot of lac des Bouillouses – Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées Catalanes

14.3km

06:31

870m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Estany Negre – View of the lakes loop from Les Angles

11.1km

03:45

340m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Lac d'Aude – Lac des Bouillousses loop from Les Angles

11.5km

03:54

340m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Micky Carbonell

October 13, 2018

The bullosa lake, in French lac des Bouillouses, is a 149-hectare lake located in the highest part of the Capcir, at 2,016 m altitude. It is located at the foot of the Carlit and the Peric, and is surrounded by a set of ponds, among them, the Carlit ponds. It represents a natural site of great interest. It is also part of the Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees, which encompasses the northern Catalan Pyrenees.

In the summer, due to the large influx of tourists, access is restricted in July to a bus that connects the car park below with the dam above.

The name derives from the Latin BULLIRE 'to boil, to be in a boil, to spring'; applied mainly to waters that emerge strongly.

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PyrenäenTomTom

April 13, 2021

If you hike the GR10, you should take your break in the back of the lake. There is too much hustle and bustle at the front of the dam. But it has to be a big panaché. 😄

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Christophe

July 24, 2021

Lac des Bouillouses is an artificial lake of 19 Mm3 with an area of 149 ha. It is located in Haut-Conflent, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The masonry retaining dam was built between 1903 and 1910, in a marshy area of the river Têt. It is operated by SHEM to produce hydroelectricity and to help supply drinking water and irrigation.

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Location: Angoustrine-Villeneuve-Des-Escaldes, Prades, Occitania, France

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1. Pic Carlit – hike starting from the parking lot of lac des Bouillouses – Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées Catalanes

2. Estany Negre – View of the lakes loop from Les Angles

3. Lac d'Aude – Lac des Bouillousses loop from Les Angles

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