Aspe peak (also known as Pico de la Garganta de Aísa) is a
mountain
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in the western
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
of
Huesca; which is situated on the west side of the
Aragon Valley near the towns of
Villanúa
Villanúa (in Aragonese: ''Bellanuga'') is a Pyrenean municipality in Spain in the north of Huesca province, in la Jacetania, set where the Aragon valley gets wider. Its name refers to the "new village" repopulated in the late 10th century. Vil ...
(to the south) and
Canfranc (to the east). The peak is
AMSL
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The comb ...
high. It is adjoined to the peak of
Zapatilla.
The peak towers over the Spanish
ski resort
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of
Candanchú and the
Somport pass on the border with
France
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. The peak gives its name to the French river
Gave d'Aspe
The Gave d'Aspe is a torrential river flowing through the Aspe Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the southwest of France. It is long.
It is formed in the ''Aspe Cirque'', below the Aspe peak, ...
and the
Aspe Valley.
Ascent routes
*The south-western route: ''Refugio de Rigüelo'' - ''brecha de Aspe'' - western side - summit (1180 metres of ascent, 3h 20min).
*Normal way from the northeast, from Candanchú.
External links
Mendikat - Aspe
Mountains of Aragon
Mountains of the Pyrenees
Two-thousanders of Spain
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