Everything about Monte Perdido totally explained
Monte Perdido (
Mont Perdu in
French, both meaning
lost mountain) is the third highest
mountain in the
Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido (3355 m), located in
Spain, lies hidden from
France by the seemingly impenetrable peaks of the
Cirques of Gavarnie and
Estaube.
To get to the mountain from
Spain is easier. Explorers first had to hike from the
Aragonese village of
Torla along the huge
Ordesa Valley and then up through the
Circo de Soaso before attempting the stiff climb to the summit. Monte Perdido is the centrepiece of the Spanish
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park which was established in 1918 with just 21 square kilometres of land.
Today the park has grown significantly to 156 square kilometres and incorporates the whole of the
Añisclo Canyon. There are more than 1500 species of flowers, 171 birds, 32 different mammals and 8 types of reptile in the Ordesa. Most magnificent of all is the
Lammergeier (
Bearded Vulture) with a 3 metre
wingspan. The Pyrenees is one of the rare places to see these birds in Europe.
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