Mechánt
The Pic de Bugatet, the Pic Méchant / Photo: Phi Gastrein (via Wikimedia Commons)
Altitude: 2944m
Situation:
French Pyrenees, in the Plan d'Estaragne, close to the Parc National de Neouvielle.
When to go:
July and August are the most appropriate months.
Difficulties of the route:
Medium difficulty, about 3 hours and 880m of ascent from the Plan d'Estaragne.
Complicated sections:
- Final ridge with an overhead IIº pass, avoidable if you go quite far down to the east, but beware of loose and unstable rocks.
Recommended equipment:
- Appropriate boots.
- Very useful poles, especially for descents.
- Sunglasses and sunscreen.
– Ice axe and crampons in winter conditions
