Pic de Montcalm
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Pic de Montcalm is a French pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,077 m (10,095 ft), located in the Ariège department, Midi-Pyrénées region of France.
Pic de Montcalm | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,077 m (10,095 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 89 m (292 ft) |
Listing | List of Pyrenean three-thousanders |
Coordinates | 42°40′20″N 01°24′23″E[2] |
Geography | |
Parent range | Pyrénées |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 18 July 1807 by Candolle and Simon Faure |
Easiest route | Par le refuge du Pinet (France) ou le Vall Ferrera (Espagne) |
Located in the Ariège south of Auzat in the Vicdessos, it lies slightly north of the Franco-Spanish borderline crest.[3]
La pique du Montcalm (Ariège appellation), la pique d'Estats and the pic du port de Sullo are the three main summits of the massif du Montcalm, the last two bordering Spain and la Pica d'Estats the highest summit in Catalonia.
The summit is located in the perimeter of the parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises.[4]
The first ascent was made on July 18, 1807 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle along with guide Simon Faure.[5][6]
On the French side, three main itineraries are possible :
On the Spanish side: by the Vall Ferrera, from the Pica d'Estats from which one can reach the Montcalm by the col de l'Estats, French side.
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