Mountain·Spain

Monte Perdido

3,355m

Pyrenees

Patrick Rouzet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,355m
Prominence: 973m
Relief: 2,080mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 58°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: Oct–JulSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1802
Summit: 42.6758°N, 0.0344°E

Mountain in Huesca, next to the border with France

Monte Perdido is a mountain in the Pyrenees (Spain). Its summit stands 3,355 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 973 m. It was first climbed in 1802.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,275 m), it rises 2,080 m. The steepest side is the north-east face: 37° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 58° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Broto, 15 km away at 895 m: 2,460 m below the summit.

Monte Perdido for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

9.4/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Most path sections around the top are T4 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

2.5/2.521 waymarked routes and 319 path sections nearby
1.5/1.518 huts and shelters
2.0/22,460 m of ascent from the valley
1.3/1.5973 m of prominence
1.5/1.59 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

3.5/10

2.8/453 km of downhill runs
0.7/1.518 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
0.0/30 months of snow at about 1,395 m

Runs by difficulty

Beginner 9 km
Easy 27 km
Intermediate 11 km
Difficult 5 km
Freeride 1 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,395 m, in the middle of the ski area: occasional snow from December to February.

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

18 lifts · 0 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Monte Perdido

At the summit, snow from October to July (some years from September to July). Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,355 msnow from October to July (some years from September to July)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,125 msnow from November to April (some years from November to May)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow some of the time	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Broto895 mno snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Monte Perdido, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 11 °C; on February nights it falls to about -17 °C. In 6 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 5,060 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, August is the driest month (37 mm) and April the wettest (72 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Broto high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-9	-16	7	2,000	60	12	4.5
February	-8	-17	8	2,090	48	10	5.5
March	-4	-14	12	2,660	60	10	6.4
April	-1	-12	15	3,200	72	14	6.8
May	3	-8	19	3,830	71	13	7.8
June	8	-3	24	4,650	50	10	9.5
July	11	-1	27	5,060	37	8	10.3
August	11	-2	27	4,990	37	8	9.4
September	6	-5	22	4,320	47	10	8.0
October	2	-8	18	3,590	59	11	6.1
November	-5	-13	11	2,590	68	13	4.8
December	-8	-16	8	2,110	50	11	4.5

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,324 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 2× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Monte Perdido

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

18mountain huts and shelters
Cabane d'Estaubé (1,765 m), Observatorio de aves, Cabane de Groutte, Chalet La Grange de Holle (1,495 m) and 14 more
5cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Labas Blanc, Pic des Tentes, TSF4 du Belvédère, TSF2 Holle and 1 more
2ski areas
Gavarnie Gèdre, Gavarnie-Gèdre
21waymarked hiking routes
HRP Étape 16, Cirque de Gavarnie, Pic de la Pahule, Mont Perdu par la brèche de Roland and 17 more
1via ferratas
Clavijas de Cotatuero
—climbing crags and routes
14named glaciers
Glaciar Monte Perdido, Glacier de la Munia, Glacier des Gabiétous, Glacier du Casque and 10 more
32viewpoints
Mirador de Ziarrazils, Mirador de la Herradura, Mirador de Calcilarruego, Mirador Cascada del Estrecho and 28 more
3campsites
Aire de bivouac du Refuge des Espuguettes, La Bergerie, Aire pour camping-cars Gavarnie
15hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Parador Nacional de Bielsa, Casas Rurales Urmo, Hôtel Vignemale, Auberge du Maillet and 11 more
24restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

319 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4T5T6

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T5 demanding alpine hiking
T6 difficult alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Broto15 km · 895 m
Bielsa16 km · 1,034 m
Puértolas16 km · 1,157 m
Laspuña21 km · 714 m
Luz-Saint-Sauveur22 km · 719 m
Fiscal24 km · 767 m
Yésero24 km · 1,130 m

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OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Monte Perdido (3 355 m), Senda de los Cazadores — Martin Stiburek · CC BY-SA 4.0

Monte Perdido, Senda de los Cazadores — Martin Stiburek · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-9	-8	-4	-1	3	8	11	11	6	2	-5	-8
2020	+1.6	+5.3	+0.9	+0.5	+2.2	−2.8	+0.7	+0.6	−0.5	−3.0	+2.8	−1.7
2021	−2.4	+2.5	+0.6	−0.3	−0.9	−0.6	−0.4	+0.9	+0.1	+0.7	−1.6	+1.7
2022	+2.4	+3.6	−0.3	+0.1	+3.5	+3.3	+4.5	+3.0	+1.1	+2.9	+1.8	+1.7
2023	−1.1	+1.4	+2.9	+2.6	+0.4	−0.4	+2.2	+2.3	+2.7	+3.0	+2.2	+2.3
2024	+3.1	+3.8	+1.3	+1.0	−0.1	−0.2	+2.1	+2.8	−2.2	+0.2	+3.1	+1.3
2025	+1.2	+2.9	−1.3	+1.2	+0.7	+4.0	+0.4	+2.6	+0.5	+1.4	+0.1	+0.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q215662) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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