Pico de los Batanes

Pyrenees Guide to the 3000 m

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 Height: 2888m

Situation:

Aragonese Pyrenees, head of the Panticosa and Bujaruelo Spa valleys.

When to go:

It is best from mid-May to mid-July to take advantage of the snowfields and avoid the rocky slopes, although during the rest of the summer it can be climbed without any problems other than the aridity of the landscape.

Difficulties of the route:

Quite a difficult ascent.

Complicated sections:

- Shortly before the summit there is an almost vertical and complicated chimney, close to the Diente de los Batanes.

Recommended equipment:

- Use high mountain equipment: suitable boots, ice axecrampons and bagasse.
- Sunglasses and sunscreen.