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Puigmal
- Easiest route
- 3.7 km+438 m · about 1.5 h · T3
- Prominence
- 1,332 m4,370 ft
- Isolation
- 31 km
- Tonight
- -7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h N
Puigmal is a 2,910 m (9,547 ft) mountain in the Pyrenees, Occitania, France.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,910 m · 9,547 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Carlit (2,921 m)
- Range
- Pyrenees
- Region
- Occitania, France
- Protected area
- Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser Natural Park
- Coordinates
- 42.3832° N, 2.1171° E
How to get to the top of Puigmal
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.9 km W of Puigmal
- Distance
- 3.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +438 m−37 m (1,437 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Puigmal 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.4 × 9.4 km
Puigmal terrain and contours
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.
West → east through the summit
Puigmal weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 5 km/h N
Puigmal forecast for the summit, about 2,910 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,213 m.
- Tonight-7°–5 km/h NBase -3°
- Today-7°1°–9 km/h SWBase -3 / 6°
- Sun-2°8°–12 km/h WBase 2 / 12°
- Mon-2°9°–7 km/h WBase 2 / 14°
- Tue0°11°–3 km/h NEBase 4 / 15°
- Wed-3°7°0.1 mm4 km/h WBase 1 / 12°
- Thu-3°8°–4 km/h SWBase 1 / 13°
- Fri-2°8°–5 km/h SWBase 2 / 12°
- Sat-3°7°–5 km/h NWBase 1 / 11°
- Sun-3°4°0.9 mm9 km/h SWBase 1 / 8°
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 near Puigmal
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Puigmal, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Aparcament Fontalba
Nearest hut
Cabane de la Culasse
Nearest trailhead
4.8 km NE
Nearest campsite
Càmping Can Fosses
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Aparcament FontalbaParking | 3.4 km ESE |
| Cabane de la CulasseHut | 4.1 km NNW |
| Refuge de la MatteHut | 4.4 km NW |
| Cabana de PedrissesHut | 4.5 km E |
| Trailhead | 4.8 km NE |
| Trailhead | 4.9 km NE |
| Parking | 5.0 km S |
| Parking | 5.1 km SE |
| Càmping Can FossesCampsite | 6.8 km S |
How steep is the route to Puigmal?
The easiest mapped route, 3.8 km from 2,504 m to 2,910 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°3.3 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.7 km, measured from the Puigmal summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Cim de l'Ortigar2,748 m 1.2 km ENE
- 2Pic Petit de Segre2,810 m 1.3 km N
- 3Puigmal de Llo2,801 m 1.5 km NNW
- 4Pic del Segre2,843 m 1.6 km NNE
- 5Pic de Finestrelles2,827 m 3.7 km NNE
- 6Pic de Núria2,790 m 4.3 km NNE
- 7Puig del Coll d'Eina2,772 m 4.6 km NNE
Where Puigmal sits
- Range
- Pyrenees51
- Protected area
- Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser Natural Park4
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Vall de Núria↑3.3 km NE
BalandrauPeak · 2,585 m↑8.6 km E
BastimentsPeak · 2,881 m↑11 km ENE
Capcir↑24 km N
CarlitPeak · 2,921 m↑26 km NW
More in the Pyrenees 6
Puigmal downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,906 m at the summit; the official height is 2,910 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,910 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,906 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,902 m | -8 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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