Carros de Foc

Carros de Foc is a circular hiking route of 65 km and almost 9,200 meters of cumulative difference in altitude (adding the positive and negative), which joins the nine guarded refuges of the Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. The altitudes of the route range between 1,900 and 2,800 meters.

There are different registration modalities: Open, Open Plus, Open North and Open South

Carros de Foc undertakes to comply with the following points:

• Permanently increase the degree of satisfaction and loyalty of its customers, offering services that respond to their needs and meet the established requirements.
• Deep respect for the environment. Conservation and maintenance of the signage of the paths as was customary in the past and is currently in the mountains, with stone cairns, respecting the standards established by the Aigüestortes and San Mauricio Lake National Park.
• Maintain and inform the philosophy of high mountain refuges, with all their differences, enforcing their internal regulations.
• Ensure the availability of resources, based on your priorities, to meet the requirements.
• Provide the maximum amount of information and the most detailed information possible, having as a goal the completion by the users of the journey.
• The achievement of the previous points must be based on the collective effort of the organization through the commitment acquired in the previous points.

The Refuges

• savored

  Altitude: 2310 meters
  Region: Val d'Aran Located on the lake of Baix de Saboredo
  Contact: Marc and Mariona
  Post Office 174 25530 Vielha
  Tfn. 973090914
  18 places
  Inaugurated on 16-8-69
  UTM: 31T333067E; 4720881N

• Colomers

  Altitude: 2130 meters
  Region: Val d'Aran Located next to the dam
  of the Major de Colomers pond
  Contact: Josep Baqués i Soler
  Post Office 136 25530 Vielha
  Tfn. 973253008
  60 seats
  Inaugurated on 10-16-83
  UTM:31T329587E; 4721368N

• Reservoir

  Altitude: 2010 meters
  Region: Val d'Aran Located next to the Restanca dam
  Contact: Josep Mohedano i Martí
  Post Office 107 25530 Vielha
  Tfn. 608036559
  74 places
  Inaugurated on 12-2-90
  UTM: 31T324224E, 4722740N

• Suction Cup and Calvell

  Altitude: 2220 meters
  Region: Alta Ribagorça Located to the right of the Estany Negre de Boí
  Contact: Miquel Sánchez i Murcia
  Tfn. 973297090
  60 seats
  Inaugurated on 11-3-79
  UTM: 31T326021E; 4719344N

• Estany Llong

  Altitude: 1985 meters
  Region: Alta Ribagorça Located in the drainage of the Estany Llong
  Contact: Joan Carles Aldeguer
  Post Office 11- 25520 El Pont de Suert
  Tfn. 973299545
  Refuge. From June 1 to October 15
  45 seats
  UTM: 31T331126E; 4715647N

• colomina

  Altitude: 2395 meters
  Region: Pallars Jussà Located in the southwest of the Estany de la Colomina
  Contact: Gerard Garreta Puyol
  Gerard Garreta Puyol Post Office (COLOMINA Refuge)
  Casa Ruixou, ground floor 2a - 25513 - La Pobleta de Bellveí
  Tfn. 973252000
  47 seats
  Inaugurated on 9-30-73
  UTM:31T335895E; 4709611N

• Joseph Maria Blanc

  Altitude: 2300 meters
  Region: Pallars Sobirà Located to the right of the Estany Tort de Peguera
  Contact: Xavier Serratosa
  Tfn. 973250108
  65 places, 5 rooms
  Inaugurated on 11-10-54
  UTM: 31T339522E; 4712450N

• Ernest Mallafré

  Altitude: 1950 meters
  Region: Pallars Sobirà Located near the Lado de San Mauricio dam
  Contact: Lawrence
  Tfn. 973250118
  26 places
  Inaugurated on 10-18-75
  UTM: 31T 336746E 4716162N

• Half

  Altitude: 2380 meters
  Region: Pallars Sobirà Located in the southwest of Estanys Gran d'Amitges
  Contact: Roc Sagristà
  Tfn. 973250109
  75 places
  Inaugurated on 10-13-84
  UTM: 31T334709E; 4718231N

You can pay with a classic credit card in Blanc and in Amitges.

The shelters where they can leave their rubbish are: JMBlanc, Mallafré, Amitges and Restanca.

All the shelters have hot water (paying a supplement)".

The shelters with hot showers are: Llong, Colomina, Mallafré, Amitges and Blanc (paying a supplement).
Not all shelters have their own services. We ask users of Carros de Foc to understand that they are in high mountain refuges where it is difficult to transport and have the usual services in other establishments.