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Aneto (3,404m) — the glacier crossing on borrowed time
The highest peak in the Pyrenees requires crampons, ice axe, and helmet for a mandatory glacier crossing — on a remnant that lost 3.6 hectares last year and will be gone by the 2030s. The Puente de Mahoma exposed traverse, the Renclusa refuge booking reality, and the first ascent by a Russian officer in 1842.
Carros de Foc — the Aigüestortes refugi circuit in 5 days
Nine refugis, 55 km, and a forfait that books your beds in a single transaction. Carros de Foc is the Pyrenees' answer to the Dolomites' Alta Via — a hut-to-hut circuit through Catalonia's only national park, at half the price. The guided departures fill by March.
GR 11 — the Spanish Pyrenees traverse from Atlantic to Mediterranean
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