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The
refuge Coma de Vaca was built during summers of 1998 and 1999,
in order to replace the old and deficient free refuge. It is property
of the "Fundació d'entitats excursionistes de Catalunya"
and has been financed by the Government of Catalonia and the Sport Department
of Spain.
It is located at 2000 m in the Eugues plain, where the Freser river and
the Vaca river converge. The refuge is located in the surroundings of
the little village of Queralbs (in the Ripollès County).
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The old refuge named Manelic, and the shepherd's hut, 4th August 1998.
A first view of the food to feed the workers.
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Demolition
starts. But before we had to set up a base camp with tents, where the
workers lived during summer and fall 1998.
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Starting the foundations, all made with pick and shovel. |
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building of a wall to bury the septic tank. |
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this picture you can see how the refuge is "growing" |
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The
working conditions were very hard due to the mountain weather and
because the workers could not use the normal tools that they use
to have for construction. As an example you can observe the two
pictures below where the wind destroyed the base camp and working
in the middle of the fog with bad weather, in a race agaibst against
the time, trying to cover the refuge before the winter arrives.
We would like to thank all the people who helped to build this mountain
refuge.
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the work starts inside the refuge. Every day brings better facilities. One
day we have light, another water, next day heater…Great! |
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End
of November 1998. With the roof on the top and the shutters
hanging, we finished the first part of the construction. We
conclude work on May 1999.
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Some
days later, on October 1998, we inaugurate the refuge with
our first guests..
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