Cabane de Coste Queillère

Cabane de Coste Queillère is an unmanaged mountain shelter in the French Pyrenees at about 2,100 m. It’s a small shelter for emergency use or rustic bivouacking, not a staffed refuge, and it has no fireplace or stove.

Plan on very basic conditions: the shelter is set up for about 1 person, with no mattress or running water. Use is free and the hut is intended for first-come use; pack out your trash and leave the shelter clean. Inside, there is a raised wooden bed frame (sommier) and a small table, and the shelter is very watertight—meant to help you shelter during storms.

Approach notes: from St Lary, drive toward Spain via the Bielsa tunnel, turn right after Fabian, park at the first parking area (around 1591 m), then hike the Barrage de l’Oule track on foot. You’ll pass around the lake on either side; after reaching the end of the lake near the (closed) Cabane de la Lude, take the trail that splits after about 50 m, choosing the left path and climbing roughly 350 m of elevation to a small “laquet. ” The cabane sits to the left just before that laquet.