Lac de Melo and onto Evisa

We drove the van up to the Gorges de la Restonica and parked it at the upper parking lot at the trail head around 1400 m elevation. We then spent a nice day hiking up to Lac de Melo and to a higher lake. The hike up to Lac de Melo at around 1720 m was very hot even though we started in early morning. A few of us went in the water but it was pretty cold. Val and I put our legs in to cool off. We then hiked to the upper lake which was at 1950 m or so. We had our lunch there and watched the cheoughs trying to snatch our food. There were a pair of rock climbers on a wall across from us as well. We could also see some hikers on the GR 20 at a pass high above us. They would have wished to be down at the lake. The mountains are quite spectacular with high vertical granite towers that are quite reminiscent of the Torres del Paine in Patagonia. Walking back to the van was very hot. When we got to the van we drove back to Corte. The road was busy and for some reason they were running the "Tour de Corte" with Porches that couldn't really go any speed with all the traffic and narrow roads. In Corte we got our suitcases from the hotel where we had left them. We also had drinks and ice cream. Then we drove the van to the little town of Evisa and we got in around 6 pm. We saw some semi wild pigs along the road.Read more