Pic Long
The highest peak entirely in France, 3 192 m
In the Néouvielle area, above the Cap de Long lake, stands the highest peak that is entirely French. It has no easy walking route and is a goal for alpinists.
Ascent
- Height
- 3,192 m
- Massif
- Néouvielle
- Country
- Hautes-Pyrénées, France
- Grade
- AD · Very hard
- Days
- 2 days
- Season
- July–September
- Starting point
- Lac de Cap de Long, Néouvielle
- First ascent
- 1890 – Henri Brulle with the guides Célestin Passet and François Bernat-Salles
Henri Brulle and Célestin Passet were the great climbing partnership of the golden age of the Pyrenees in the late 19th century – the same year they also climbed the Couloir de Gaube on Vignemale.
How to get up – the normal route step by step
- Pic Long has no easy walking route: every way up is an alpine route with steep couloirs, abseils and glacier remnants.
- Go with a mountain guide if you have no alpine experience. The mountain guides in the Hautes-Pyrénées organise trips.
SafetyFor alpinists. If you want to experience Néouvielle without a rope, walk around the lakes at Lac d'Aumar.
42.8011° N, 0.1003° E
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Grand Tourmalet (La Mongie–Barèges)14 km · Haute-Bigorre and Pays Toy (Bagnères-de-Bigorre/Barèges), Hautes-Pyrénées