La Grande Fache, Gran Facha or Cuspide de Bachimaña is a
summit in the
Pyrenees
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, culminating at 3,005 m, situated on the
French-
Spanish
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border and on the pyrenean
watershed.
Topography
It rises at the centre of the
cirques of
Marcadau,
Piedrafita and
Bachimaña, and is surrounded by many
lake
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s or
Ibóns.
Given its high
altitude
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and pyramidal form, it is a well climbed summit.
History
The first ascent was made by
Henry Russell and guide Cauterets Latour in the summer of 1874.
[Henri Russell, ''Souvenirs d'un montagnard''.]
Access
From France, a path starts from the Wallon valley and another from the zone de
Respomuso (cirque de Piedrafita).
From Spain, the path starts at
la Sarra marsh (
Sallent de Gállego
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), goes past the Respumuso dam, the
ibón de Campoplano, the Ibóns de la Fache, the port de la Fache and ends by steep slopes up to the summit.
References
Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Pyrenean three-thousanders
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