{"id":25724,"date":"2025-02-22T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/?p=25724"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:32:51","slug":"europe-machu-picchu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/europe-machu-picchu","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Europe a son propre Machu Picchu et personne n\u2019en parle !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perch\u00e9 \u00e0 plus de 2 750 m\u00e8tres d\u2019altitude, au c\u0153ur des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es ari\u00e9geoises, le Mail de Bulard est une curiosit\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois fascinante et redoutable. Ses vestiges miniers accroch\u00e9s \u00e0 la montagne, battus par les vents et l\u2019isolement, \u00e9voquent des images du Machu Picchu p\u00e9ruvien. Mais derri\u00e8re cette comparaison flatteuse se cache une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 bien plus sombre : loin d\u2019\u00eatre un site touristique accueillant, ce sommet est l\u2019un des plus dangereux des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, \u00e0 tel point qu\u2019il a h\u00e9rit\u00e9 du surnom inqui\u00e9tant de \u00ab\u00a0mangeuse d\u2019hommes \u00bb. Son acc\u00e8s p\u00e9rilleux, ses sentiers vertigineux et son histoire marqu\u00e9e par de nombreux accidents font du Mail de Bulard un lieu que seuls les randonneurs les plus exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s devraient envisager de braver.<\/p>\n<h2>Une ancienne mine perch\u00e9e au sommet<\/h2>\n<p>Le Mail de Bulard n\u2019a pas toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 un lieu sauvage et abandonn\u00e9. Au d\u00e9but du 20\u1d49 si\u00e8cle, ce sommet a accueilli une <strong>exploitation mini\u00e8re<\/strong> particuli\u00e8rement difficile d\u2019acc\u00e8s. Des ouvriers y extrayaient du plomb, du zinc et de l\u2019argent, travaillant dans des conditions extr\u00eames, sur des falaises abruptes et expos\u00e9es aux \u00e9l\u00e9ments. Pour acheminer le minerai vers la vall\u00e9e, un <strong>syst\u00e8me de transbordeurs a\u00e9riens et de voies ferr\u00e9es<\/strong> avait \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place. Aujourd\u2019hui, les vestiges de cette \u00e9poque \u2013 b\u00e2timents en ruine, dortoirs et anciens ateliers \u2013 donnent au site une<strong> atmosph\u00e8re fantomatique<\/strong>, renfor\u00e7ant son aura de myst\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Mais ce qui rend ces ruines si impressionnantes, c\u2019est aussi<strong> leur emplacement<\/strong> : elles sont litt\u00e9ralement accroch\u00e9es \u00e0 des cr\u00eates escarp\u00e9es, accessibles uniquement par des chemins abrupts et instables. Cette difficult\u00e9 d\u2019acc\u00e8s, d\u00e9j\u00e0 probl\u00e9matique pour les mineurs de l\u2019\u00e9poque, repr\u00e9sente aujourd\u2019hui<strong> beaucoup de danger<\/strong> pour les randonneurs qui sous-estimeraient la rudesse du terrain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfgULTVL5Io\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfgULTVL5Io\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Me\u0301te\u0301o Pyre\u0301ne\u0301es (@meteopyrenees)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Un itin\u00e9raire r\u00e9serv\u00e9 aux alpinistes chevronn\u00e9s<\/h2>\n<p>L\u2019acc\u00e8s au Mail de Bulard commence g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement depuis la vall\u00e9e du Biros, avec un itin\u00e9raire qui traverse l\u2019ancien port d\u2019Orle. Mais ce parcours est extr\u00eamement exigeant, avec un <strong>d\u00e9nivel\u00e9 positif de 1 400 m\u00e8tres<\/strong> et des passages, o\u00f9 la moindre erreur peut \u00eatre fatale. Les pentes sont instables, les chemins \u00e9troits et expos\u00e9s, et les conditions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques peuvent se d\u00e9grader rapidement.<\/p>\n<p>Les locaux et les guides de montagne ne cessent d\u2019<strong>alerter sur les risques<\/strong> encourus : glissements de terrain, chutes de pierres, brouillard soudain, vents violents. Une fois sur place, la descente peut s\u2019av\u00e9rer encore plus p\u00e9rilleuse que l\u2019ascension. Certaines parties du sentier longent des pr\u00e9cipices sans aucune protection, Chose que m\u00eame les <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/5-randonnees-hivernales-vrais-randonneurs\">randonneurs les plus aguerris<\/a> trouvent dangereux et p\u00e9rilleux.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DAn-uPLonSJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DAn-uPLonSJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Djian Massou (@einckdama)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Le Machu Picchu des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, un lieu fascinant mais p\u00e9rilleux<\/h2>\n<p>Si le Mail de Bulard intrigue et attire les amateurs de paysages spectaculaires, il n\u2019en reste pas moins un <strong>site<\/strong> <strong>extr\u00eamement risqu\u00e9<\/strong>. Ce n\u2019est ni une destination de randonn\u00e9e classique ni un lieu \u00e0 visiter \u00e0 la l\u00e9g\u00e8re. Sans une pr\u00e9paration m\u00e9ticuleuse, un \u00e9quipement adapt\u00e9 et une solide exp\u00e9rience en haute montagne, s\u2019y aventurer peut \u00eatre une grosse erreur.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzEfws3Btss\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzEfws3Btss\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Tourisme Couserans Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (@couseranspyrenees)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pour ceux qui veulent admirer la beaut\u00e9 brute des <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/vallee-secrete-pyrenees-passionnes-nature\">Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es<\/a> ari\u00e9geoises sans prendre de risques inconsid\u00e9r\u00e9s, il existe de nombreux autres <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/village-hautes-pyrenees-compte-fee\">itin\u00e9raires bien balis\u00e9s et s\u00e9curis\u00e9s<\/a>. Le Mail de Bulard, lui, reste un t\u00e9moignage silencieux de son pass\u00e9 minier et un rappel brutal de la puissance de la nature. Un <strong>Machu Picchu europ\u00e9en<\/strong>, certes, mais bien plus impitoyable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perch\u00e9 \u00e0 plus de 2 750 m\u00e8tres d\u2019altitude, au c\u0153ur des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es ari\u00e9geoises, le Mail de Bulard est une curiosit\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"Et si l\u2019Europe avait son propre Machu Picchu, perch\u00e9 au sommet des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es ? 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