Ice caves of Marbore, Gavarnie

[Mattrees]

Does anyone have any knowledge of the ice caves above Gavarnie?

There is a book: Gavarnie : Les Grottes glacées du Marboré par P. Bernand et M. Van Thienen

Does anyone have copy they might be willing to part with?

 

[Leclused]

in 2015 some members of SC Avalon did a trip to these ice caves. A write-up can be found here : Gavarnie

Text is in dutch

 

[Leclused]

And an other source (in French) with a description can be found on the following forum : Gavarnie info

 

[langcliffe]

The expert on Grotte Casteret was David St. Pierre, who compiled a pretty definitive booklet on the cave in 2007, "BCRA Cave Studies Series 17". This includes a number of surveys. It is available for downloading from here.

The cave actually has three entrances - the main one is on the Brêche Roland side, and the passage runs through to an eastern entrance 200 metres away. The third is a 50 metre shaft that drops into the main passage half way along. The western entrance wasn't gated when we first entered it, and I don't know whether they have gated the other two entrances.

I do have a copy of "les Grottes Glacées du Maborée, but not one I want to part with.

 

[darkdescender]

I went out with the Happy Wanderers in 1965. I can scan a copy of our Report if of interest. DM me.
Obviously a bit out of date. Plus a load of images.

 

[darkdescender]

plus check out the Happy Wanderers Cave and Pothole Club Webssite.

 

[Chris Curry]

Does anyone have any knowledge of the ice caves above Gavarnie?

There is a book: Gavarnie : Les Grottes glacées du Marboré par P. Bernand et M. Van Thienen

Does anyone have copy they might be willing to part with?

There's a copy on eBay for €50

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/286194818095

 

[Leclused]

I just saw that in the new Pyrénées souterrains there is an article about Marboré.