Pic de Noufonts, Pic de l'Infern, Pic du Geant

Pic de Noufonts - 2864M

204M Prominence

42.42396, 2.16808

July 19, 2025

Pic de l'Infern - 2869M 

165M Prominence

42.42397, 2.21394

July 19, 2025

Pic du Geant (Bastiments) - 2881M

259M Prominence

42.42693, 2.23079

July 19, 2025

HRP Day 29 stats

2334M Ascent, 1866M descent

37.35 KM

Last night was spent at 1800M camped out next to a small stone hut in the valle d'eyne. As soon as I woke up there was an active thunderstorm happening all around me. I got started hiking further up the valle deyne, but i decided to wait out the worst of the storm in a very small stone hut called cabane d'orry, it was uncomfortable and dark, but it was better than being up on the high ridge in rain and thunder risk. After making my way up the valle deyne to the col deyne, the next 4 hours would be spent above 2600M, going from peak to peak. There were loads of smaller peaks along the ridge, and i started by going up sub p100 Pic D'eyne. I then dropped down a bit and ascended pic des noufonts. From there the ridge stayed high across noucreus, fossa del gegant, and pic inferior de la vaca. At this point my route headed down, but i took an alternative route to bag some more peaks. I made my way towards pic de l'inferno, the most aesthetic one of the day. The route was still just basic hiking, aside from one small section where i had to pay slight attention to skirt around a slabby area. I enjoyed lunch on the summit and the views had opened up fantastically at this point. I had great views of my route from earlier this morning, and good views of pic des bastiments, even if its summit was often in the clouds. After lunch i kept moving along the spain france border which was my alternative route. I went over pic freser, another sub p100 bump on the ridge, and then started climbing up to pic des bastiments, the high point of the day. By the time i made my up the rocky west ridge, clouds had moved in, so i didnt stop to enjoy the summit, and instead kept mobing to make my way back to my HRP route. I descended the low grade south east side of the mountain, and made my way past many hikers making their way up or down from the summit. Once at col de la marrana, i was back on my route. I made my way to refuge ull de ter, then though the valter 2000 ski resort. I then continued east on wide grassy plains to refuge porteil de roja, where i had dinner and took a break. I accidentally passed right by summit roca de colom on the way as i was following the gr 11 route in the thick fog. It wasnt of much interest anyway, and i had already bagged three taller peaks earlier. After dinner i decided to continue as it wasnt raining. I made my way north east for another few hours on the mellow gr11 trail. It was still a bit of a white out, but i made it to refuge pla guillem for the night, an unmanned hut with some sleeping platforms.