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Pico Posets · 3,369 m · 33 km E
Mountain · Pyrenees · Aragon

Monte Perdido

3,355 m11,007 ft
Prominence
984 m3,227 ft
Isolation
33 km
Tonight
-8°CFog · Wind 11 km/h N

Monte Perdido is a 3,355 m (11,007 ft) mountain in the Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain.

All facts
Elevation
3,355 m · 11,007 ft
Nearest higher peak
Pico Posets (3,369 m)
Range
Pyrenees
Region
Aragon, Spain
Protected area
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Coordinates
42.6757° N, 0.0346° E
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3D map

Monte Perdido 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.8 × 7.8 km

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Topographic map

Monte Perdido topographic map

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
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Route

How to get to the top of Monte Perdido

3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.

Easiest route: from Road end, 5.7 km E of Monte Perdido

Distance
9.5 kmone way
Climb
+2,254 m−184 m (7,395 ft up)
Time up
about 6 h
Difficulty
T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Monte Perdido elevation profile
1,5002,0002,5003,00009.5 kmMonte Perdido

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2
  • Road end near Gavarnie12.9 km · +2,362 m · about 7 h
    T6GPXKML
  • Parking, 7.8 km E of Monte Perdido18.3 km · +2,655 m · about 9 h
    T6GPXKML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Monte Perdido weather

Tonight · Fog · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 11 km/h N

Monte Perdido forecast for the summit, about 3,355 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,933 m.

  • Tonight-8°–11 km/h NBase 0°
  • Today-8°0°–10 km/h SWBase 0 / 8°
  • Sun-4°5°0.5 mm12 km/h NBase 4 / 14°
  • Mon-5°6°–11 km/h NBase 4 / 15°
  • Tue-3°6°–6 km/h NBase 5 / 15°
  • Wed-4°3°–6 km/h NBase 3 / 12°
  • Thu-4°6°–4 km/h SWBase 3 / 14°
  • Fri-4°6°–4 km/h NBase 3 / 14°
  • Sat-5°3°–12 km/h NBase 3 / 12°
  • Sun-7°1°0.2 mm6 km/h NBase 1 / 9°

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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Monte Perdido

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Monte Perdido, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest hut

    Refugio de Goriz

    2.1 km SW · +2 more within 4.2 km

  • Nearest parking

    4.3 km E

    +2 more within 7.3 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Aire de bivouac du Refuge des Espuguettes

    5.2 km NNW · +1 more within 6.8 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Refugio de GorizHut2.1 km SW
Refugio de TucarroyaHut2.5 km N
Refugio de Fuen BlancaHut4.2 km SSE
Parking4.3 km E
Aire de bivouac du Refuge des EspuguettesCampsite5.2 km NNW
La BergerieCampsite6.8 km NNW
Parking7.3 km NNW
Parking7.3 km NNW
Slope

How steep is the route to Monte Perdido?

The easiest mapped route, 9.5 km from 1,246 m to 3,355 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 1,246 m9.5 km · 3,355 m
  • 0–15°5.6 km
  • 15–30°3.5 km
  • 30–45°0.4 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 110 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 49.3%Grassland 43.4%Trees 6.3%Snow & ice 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.9 km, measured from the Monte Perdido summit.

NESW1 km3 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Punta dera Canal Fonda3,189 m 0.6 km ESE
  2. 2Punda dero Sarrato3,174 m 0.6 km NNW
  3. 3Punta dera Cuniestra3,235 m 0.7 km SE
  4. 4Pico d'Añisclo3,257 m 1.0 km SE
  5. 5Pitón SW del Cilindro3,194 m 1.3 km WNW
  6. 6Cilindro de Marboré3,325 m 1.3 km NW
  7. 7Pic de Marboré3,251 m 2.7 km NW
  8. 8Pico Oriental de la Cascada3,161 m 2.7 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 600 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Wall Lizard90
  • Edelweiss70
  • Alpine Marmot68
  • Pyrenean Chamois51
  • Yellow-billed Chough45
  • Ashy Crane's-bill43
Where it sits

Where Monte Perdido sits

Range
Pyrenees51
Region
Aragon13Spain109Europe2,143
Protected area
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park4
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Pyrenees 6
See all 51 in the Pyrenees →
Accuracy

How accurate is this?

38 m low This 3D map reads 3,317 m at the summit; the official height is 3,355 m.Official 3,355 m90 m model 3,311 mThis map 3,317 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 44 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,355 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,317 m-38 m
Copernicus GLO-903,311 m-44 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 2026-07-23)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Routes, Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia