We do the done thing and take a 4WD Landrover Defender taxi to Estany de Sant Maurici. Leaving the crowds behind we looped around the south side of the lake then up to Port de Ratera d'Espot via the GR11. A slightly different route back down, to take in the Estanys d'Amitges, and the Cascada de Ratera before completing the loop round the north side of Estany de Sant Maurici and continuing all the way back to the campsite in Espot.
Total Descent 1,214m (Route Map)