In the calm and transparent waters of the Araing lake, take in the impressive reflection of the Pic du Crabère.

The ascent to the Araing lake is full of resurgences as the ice masses of this fluvio-glacial valley could not flow normally towards the valley. The path that rises in the mist above the gorges continues in the open after the Illaou hut located on the left bank of the Izard torrent and goes on to cross the entire western slope of the Pic de l’Har with its striking cliffs.

Walking with our eyes wide open, we’ll then begin to notice what looks like a dam. A huge rampart of 230 metres in height, built in 1935, raising a natural lake of 32 hectares with a depth of 42 meters : a former glacier.