Hi

I'm taking my partner for a 5 day tour in the Aiguestortes national park in the second week of September.  I know the area fairly well.  We will start and end in Espot, use the jeep taxis to get to and from the park, and will be stopping at refuges - Amitges, Colomers, Ventosa and Estani Long.  My partner has a very bad back - she can't carry anything and we will need to stick to reasonable paths. 

The route back takes us over the Coll de Contraix which is a less frequently walked area.  Has anyone walked over this col and can advise whether there are a lot of boulders to cross or any scrambling, and whether there are OK paths either side of the pass?

Any comments much appreciated.  Rob

Should it be of interest, I got some info from a Spanish website - www.pirineos3000.com

It says that the Coll de Contraix is a bit of a 'rompe piernas', ie a 'leg breaker', meaning that there is stretch of boulders, mainly on the north west side of the pass; testing in the wet and when there's snow.