Cascade d'Ars
Cascade d'Ars
4.5km
Total Distance
528m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A 4.5 km climb of about 530 m from Aulus-les-Bains to the Cascade d'Ars in the Couserans, in the Ariege Pyrenees regional nature park. The waterfall is halfway along the Arse river, which rises below the Pic de Turguilla on the Spanish border and joins the Garbet at Aulus. It is about 90 minutes on foot from the D8.
Along the trail
- Water
- at the start, 0.4km, 0.5km, 1km · springs can run dry
- Huts and shelters
- Gîte d'étape Le Presbytère (at the start)
- Viewpoints
- 4.1km, at the end
- Bus stop
- Bus Ariège Aulus-les-Bains -- Place du Midi · 234m from the start
- Parking
- 25m from the start
- Surface
- rock 68%, natural ground 27%
- Marked route
- Cascade d'Ars, La traversée des Pyrénées - sec.3