Monte Perdido

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Monte Perdido
Monte Perdido (left) and Cilindro de Marboré with the glacial lake Lago de Marbore, view from the Brecha de Tuccaroya

Monte Perdido (left) and Cilindro de Marboré with the glacial lake Lago de Marbore, view from the Brecha de Tuccaroya

height 3355  msnm
location Huesca Province , Spain
Mountains Pyrenees
Coordinates 42 ° 40 ′ 35 "  N , 0 ° 2 ′ 0"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′ 35 "  N , 0 ° 2 ′ 0"  E
Monte Perdido (Aragon)
Monte Perdido
First ascent 1791 Colonel Maury
Normal way Alpine tour
particularities World cultural and natural heritage

The Monte Perdido (French: Mont Perdu ), the lost mountain, is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees with a height of 3355 meters . It is located in the municipality of Fanlo in the Spanish province of Huesca , in the north of Aragón in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park , just south of the border with France . The rivers Arazas and Cinca have their source at the foot of the mountain . The mountain range, which extends across the border between the two countries, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 .

World Heritage

The Mont Perdu in the Pyrenees is part of the world cultural and natural heritage of UNESCO. It honors the geological uniqueness, the beauty and diversity of nature, the traditional ways of life that have become rare in Europe, such as alpine farming, and the extraordinary role that the Pyrenees play in European art and culture.

The protected area includes on the Spanish side the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park and parts of the Vignemale Biosphere Reserve , on the French side the eastern part of the Pyrenees National Park and part of the Gedre-Gavarnie nature reserve. With the exception of the Spanish National Park, none of the protected areas is identical to the area of ​​the World Heritage Site. Instead, these depict the geological boundaries of the mountain range. The total area is 30,396 hectares. A contract for cooperation between the park administrations on both sides of the border has existed since 1988.

The shape of the mountain world differs significantly on the different slopes of the mountain. While the south side is characterized by three long ridges and several deep gorges ( Ordesa , Añisclo , Pineta with the Karsee Lago Marbore and the Escuain gorge ) and gradually slopes down towards the foreland, the north side is much more rugged. Its distinctive feature are three basins : Cirque de Gavarnie , Cirque de Troumouse and Cirque de Estaubé . The south side also has a much drier climate than the north.

The award as a cultural landscape refers on the one hand to the centuries-old role in tourism. The French resort of Gavarnie has been attracting guests since the beginning of the 19th century, among them such famous names as Victor Hugo and Gustave Doré . On the other hand, the form of land use is mentioned, in which the pasture areas are the common property of the seven surrounding villages, and where management and rights of way are negotiated jointly, regardless of the international border. It is common for herds of sheep and cattle, horses and goats from Spanish farmers to graze on pastures on the more fertile French side in summer.

A long-standing dispute between the World Heritage Committee and tourism officials was the Festival de Gavarnie , a theatrical spectacle that has been held annually in the middle of the Cirque de Gavarnie since 1985. Since 2005 it has been held outside the area of ​​the national park due to the regular protests.

Alpinism

Ascent

The easiest route to the ascent starts at the northwestern Refugio de Goriz (2200 m). From here the path leads east to Lago Helado (frozen lake) in Col du Marboré and then south to the summit. It takes about three hours from the hut. From the summit there is a good view of Vignemale to the west and the Néouvielle massif to the north . Technically and physically much more challenging is the ascent over the Balcón de Pineta and the Perdido Glacier, which is exposed to the north.

First ascent

After Louis Ramond de Carbonnières with his guides Rondo and Laurens wandered around for four days in search of the summit in the massif of Monte Perdido, he managed to climb to the summit on August 6, 1802. Here, to their disappointment, they found that Colonel Maury, a Spanish cartographer, had already climbed the summit in 1791.

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