バレスオクシデンタレスの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ10

After breakfast, it closes for a while for cleaning. Fill up your water bottle before heading up, as it's a scarce resource up there.

No cell phone reception in or around the hut. There's a free hot shower!

A refuge located in the Aragüés-Jasa Valley, one of the four valleys of the Natural Park declared in 2006. Located at the western end of the Aragonese Pyrenees and covering an area of 34,000 hectares, it encompasses a great diversity and richness of both fauna and geology, making it a great place for studying and practicing nature activities.

The Garbadito refuge is known for its welcoming atmosphere. Its 45 available beds are divided into six rooms. It offers catering service for guests and passers-by. Those staying there also have a kitchen for free use.

The crossing of the Campon stream marks the entrance to the beautiful Lecherines Bajo sheepfold or Plano de la Balsa, a highland plain of pastures surrounded by a magnificent crown of limestone ridges and stone towers. The sheepfold is splendid in a grandiose cirque of glacial origin; before arriving at it, it does not seem that a plateau of such proportions could exist at the foot of the peaks. And it is very welcoming, in the centre there is a shelter and nearby is the cattle watering trough. In winter there are no flocks, everything is covered in snow, there are bushes scattered between the white hills and frozen corridors cutting the snow ramps to the edge of the mountains. In one of the channels, near the Peña Blanca pass, is the Lecherines ice cave, a grotto to visit in spring, when the combination of cold and thawing creates sculptures and ice columns inside the cavity. The route ends at the porch of the Lecherines Bajo Shelter enjoying the warm rays of the midday sun. The GR-11.1 trail continues straight ahead and climbs towards Lecherines Alto and the López Huici Military Refuge, near the Magdalena pass.

Lizara - 1540 m Access by car Open all year 75 places Llanos de Lizara, Aragües del Puerto , La Jacetania, Huesca Tel. : 974 348 433 • rlizara@gmail.com • www.refugiodelizara.com The refuge is located at the end of the Aragüés - Jasa valley, in the Valles Occidentales Natural Park, on the so-called Lizara plain and under the imposing Bisaurín. Due to its accessibility by vehicle and its surroundings, the refuge is a magnificent point for the development of introductory activities to the different mountain sports. The Lizara refuge has been certified with ISO 14001 since October 2004, thus supporting an environmental management model. The Valles Occidentales Natural Park, where the refuge is located, was declared in 2006, in an environment that combines medium and high mountains. In winter, a cross-country track is set up on the Llano de Lizara, which is managed from the refuge itself. Certification according to ISO 14001 was a pioneering experience in Spain and the Pyrenees in terms of mountain refuges, where a model of environmental management is supported with the installation of renewable energy sources, the regular practice of selective waste collection and environmental awareness campaigns.

It is the hardest climb that can be faced in the Hecho Valley. Since you take the detour from the main road (the one that connects the town of Hecho with the Selva de Oza), it is approximately 8 km, with a first km downhill and flat, and the next 7 km with an average of 7 %. It is a constant climb, with some ramps above 10% when leaving one of the several horseshoe curves on the climb. The road is narrow but is in perfect condition. It is a climb with hardly any views of the valley since it is covered and surrounded by trees and a lot of vegetation. Once you reach the refuge, the views of the valleys and surrounding mountains are wonderful. It's a great discovery!!

The best starting point for the route to the Table of the 3 Kings, and many other itineraries.