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Posets (Llardana)
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Posets (Llardana)

The second-highest peak in the Pyrenees, 3 369 m

The massif between the Benasque and Gistaín valleys is called Llardana in Aragonese. The normal route crosses no glacier, and the view towards Aneto and Monte Perdido is one of the best in the Pyrenees. Part of the Posets-Maladeta natural park.

Ascent

Height
3,369 m
Massif
Posets
Country
Aragon, Spain
Grade
F · Hard
Days
2 days
Season
July–September
Starting point
Espigantosa in the Eriste valley (bus from Eriste in summer)
Mountain hut
Refugio Ángel Orús (2 095 m)
Elevation gain
approx. 1 270 hm from the hut
Time
approx. 4 h up, 7 h round trip
First ascent
1856 – the Englishman Halkett with local guides

Older maps and books give 3 375 m. The peak lies in the middle of the Posets-Maladeta natural park, and from the summit you can see across half the Pyrenees – from Aneto in the east to Monte Perdido in the west.

How to get up – the normal route step by step

  1. Day 1: from Espigantosa up through the forest to Refugio Ángel Orús, 2–3 hours.
  2. Day 2: follow the path north-west up into the long Canal Fonda couloir, where snow lingers well into the summer.
  3. From the top of the couloir you pass beneath the Diente de Llardana tooth and climb the broad ridge to the summit.
  4. Descend the same way.
SafetyNo glacier on the normal route, but crampons and an ice axe are needed as long as there is snow in Canal Fonda (usually until mid-July).

Other routes up

From the north you start from Refugio de Viadós in the Gistaín valley.

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42.6656° N, 0.4244° E

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