Peak of Freser

Pic de Freser from the Coll de la Marrana / Photo: Pere Prlpz (wikimedia commons)
Pic de Freser from the Coll de la Marrana / Photo: Pere Prlpz (wikimedia commons)

 Altitude: 2821m


Situation:

French and Geronese Pyrenees, near the Vallter 2000 ski resort.


When to go:

From mid-June to mid-October.


Difficulties of the route:

It is not a complicated ascent. It takes about three hours to climb from the Ulldeter refuge.


Complicated sections:

- All you have to do is climb its final ridge to the top.


Recommended equipment:

Ice axe and crampons almost indispensable out of season.
- Waterproof boots and gaiters.
- Very useful walking poles in the middle of the summer season.
- Sunglasses and sunscreen.