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Mountain · Pyrenees · Catalonia

Balandrau

2,585 m8,481 ft

Prominence: 185 m608 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Balandrau is a 2,585 m (8,481 ft) mountain in the Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain.

All facts

Elevation: 2,585 m · 8,481 ft
Nearest higher peak: Torreneules (2,713 m)
Range: Pyrenees
Region: Catalonia, Spain
Protected area: Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser Natural Park
Coordinates: 42.3699° N, 2.2199° E

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3D map

Balandrau 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Balandrau terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Balandrau elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Balandrau weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Balandrau forecast for the summit, about 2,585 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,299 m.

Tonight-5°–6 km/h NWBase 3°
Today-5°3°–9 km/h SWBase 3 / 11°
Sun0°10°–12 km/h NEBase 7 / 17°
Mon-1°11°–7 km/h SWBase 7 / 19°
Tue2°12°0.1 mm3 km/h EBase 10 / 20°
Wed0°9°0.5 mm2 km/h NWBase 8 / 17°
Thu0°10°–2 km/h NBase 8 / 18°
Fri1°9°–2 km/h SWBase 9 / 17°
Sat0°9°–3 km/h NWBase 7 / 16°
Sun-1°5°1.6 mm8 km/h SWBase 7 / 13°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

8.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

58.1%

Steep, 30–45°

31.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.3%

Steeper than 30°: 33.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,435 m low point 1,299 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 67.4%Trees 26.1%Bare rock / sparse 5.0%Moss & lichen 1.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Balandrau summit.

Summit list 4

1Roques Blanques2,402 m 0.8 km SW
2l'Atalaiador2,237 m 1.3 km SW
3Puig de Fontlletera2,581 m 1.5 km ENE
4Puig de les Graves2,217 m 2.5 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 346 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Spring gentian19
Field gentian16
Alpine Marmot14
Pyrenean Chamois13
Alpine Pasqueflower13
Common Wall Lizard11

Where it sits

Where Balandrau sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CarlitPeak · 2,921 m32 km NW

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Print & wall

JPGBalandrau satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,581 m at the summit; the official height is 2,585 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,585 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,581 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,573 m	-12 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia