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| Rafa Bartolome | ridge Espadas-Posets  Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2012 | |
| My second visit to the summit but this time across the ridge Espadas-Posets, one of the most beautiful of Pyrenees. Impressive ridge! | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2012 8:08 am | ||
| tws | Normal route, Eriste-Forcaus Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2008 | |
| Climbed with a friend, started at 8 am from Angel Orús hut and reached the summit around noon or maybe a bit later. Very hot and sunny day with snow surprisingly starting already at 2300 metres. Snow was very soft all the way, there was no need for crampons and ice ax. Very deep snow just before the summit ridge. On descent it was quite fun to create tiny avalanches and ride down on them. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2010 1:04 pm | ||
| Andy_Hornung | A great day Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2010 | |
| first day of a two week trip to the area. Ascended from the terminal car park above Eriste via the Canal Fonda route and returned in one day - 9 1/2 hours for the round trip. On snow all the way from the base of canal fonda to the summit even in late June. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2010 7:54 am | ||
| John Climber | Mist on the top. Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2009 | |
| Climbed guiding a small group over the 'normal' route (Canal Roya). Started from Ángel Orús hut. 4 and 1/2 hrs to the top. 3 hours to descend back to the hut. Two small patches of snow at the start of the Canal Roya (avoidable to the right) and some recent snow-ice layer (thin) on the 'Canal Roya', at the 'Collado del Diente' and at the slopes of the 'Espada' of the Posets. Clear of snow at the final ridge and top. Misty during all the hike, but almost no wind. Good temperature at the top. Climbed with a group of three (guiding) clients, with perfect weather and very good conditions. Snow at the 'Canal Roya' but free on it on the summit slopes. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2009 7:10 am | ||
| Mountain_girl | Wonderful hike Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2003 | |
| A great hike, easy and enjoyable. We started off at a nearby lake (~2700m) where we camped for a night. It was just down from Eriste pass. Originally we started at Rif. Biados. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2009 12:26 pm | ||
| scotthsu | a nice hike & scramble Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2008 | |
| We hiked from the car park above Eriste to the summit and back (via Refugio Angel Orus and the Canal Fonda) in about 8 hours roundtrip. There were only two tiny patches of snow in the Canal Fonda which you could avoid completely. The final scramble along the ridge was fun and completely dry. The views and weather were fantastic! | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2008 5:59 am | ||
| FrançoisJ | Route climbed : via las Espadas from Forcau Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2008 | |
| Sabrina, Ol and I climbed Tuca del Fauro de la Neu, diente Royo, Pavots, Espadas, tuqueta Roya, tuca de llardaneta, Posets y Dient de LLardana... Great loop! Also climbed some 20 years ago... | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 12:42 pm | ||
| CrazyBanana | Jean-Arlaud Couloir Date Climbed: Feb 24, 2008 | |
| I climbed it from the Biadós refuge through the 200m Jean-Arlaud Couloir, rated AD. That day we had very good conditions, and it was a fun climb. We free soloed the first 2 rocks, then we enjoyed a nice short mixed climb and one last rocky part. Reaching Collado Jean-Arlaud we continued on the Espadas ridge to the summit. http://snowleopardsbcn.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/posets-por-el-corredor-jean-arlaud-en-resena/ | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2008 1:44 pm | ||
| DrJonnie | 2nd Time lucky Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2006 | |
| Our first attempt was abandoned on the ridge to the south of the Collado de la Paul as we had travelled too far across the glacier. A few days later we went back after a night at the Estos refugio. We found a route to the top over loose rock and thin snow cover. We decended via a snow gulley. Johnnie | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2008 2:15 pm | ||
| kabernicola | val de eriste route | |
| Climbed in a stormy day in sumer 1985. after that we went along the espadas ridge till the tucon royo! fantastic day | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2007 5:53 pm | ||
| Goldilocks | Via Real Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006 | |
| We managed the snowfields OK with just trekking poles. On the summit arete we took the ledge R which leads to some very loose exposed ground. On the way down we stayed on the ridge which is not technical at all really, just a bit airy. Utterly brilliant wiews to Monte Perdido, Vignemale, Neouvielle, Pic du Midi du Sul and Aneto. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 12:07 pm | ||
| waspee | Route Climbed: rue royale (canal fonda) Date Climbed: 20 july 2005 | |
| went up night before and slept about an hour up from Angel orus. Always like a bivi! started around 7h30 the next day. no difficulties at all in the route going up, although we thought it definitely lacked snow. I'd seen my parent's pictures of it taken 25 years ago and the canal fonda was full of snow.on the way down, went through the 'vallee blanche' which is the next one along and has a bit more snow, although going down into it is a bit exposed and the rock very loose. The walk from the car park to eriste is a killer get yourself picked up if you can! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2005 8:03 am | ||
| Thomas Gurviez | Route Climbed: espadas ridge Date Climbed: 17 july 2005 | |
| nice route on an easy ridge with 2 rock-climbing steps, not more difficult than PD+ (french grade) | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 8:43 am | ||
| Lobelia | Route Climbed: Eriste Date Climbed: 4 August 2002 | |
| El refugio del "Ángel de Orús " magnífico. Por la noche hubo una fuerte tormenta con truenos y relámpagos que iluminaban el refugio....... Pudimos llegar a la cima al día siguiente, pero la niebla no nos dejó ver el paisaje | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 4:22 pm | ||
| Dan Bailey | Route Climbed: estos? there was a gravelly glacier and traverse of a broken face involved... Date Climbed: summer 1995 | |
| Turned back from final summit ridge, which was buzzing with a hair-raising electrical charge | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2004 11:23 am | ||
| Rob Plas | Route Climbed: Via Angel Orus, Canal Fonda Date Climbed: 4 August 2003 | |
| After a failed attempt in 2002 I had to get back to finish this wonderful walk towards the almost highest Pyrenese summit. Angel Orus is a great hut, cheap, but very goog, all brand new and well maintained. The climb itself was a perfect one. The year before I had to stop due to lack of water, now I was better prepared and did it with relative ease. | ||
| Posted Sep 16, 2003 1:39 pm | ||
| flearreta | Route Climbed: Normal via Refugio Angel Oruz Date Climbed: July 25, 2003 | |
| The approach starts at Eriste, a small village at around 1100 m. If you do have a car (which was not our case) you can drive up to the waterfall halfway to the hut, Refugio Angel Oruz. From there the trail is very well signaled up to the hut. The hike up from Eriste to the hut will take you around 3 hours (1.5 hrs. with a car). This hut has gone through a major reform and now is one of the most luxurious huts in the Pyrenees. Each communal room have its own showers and bathrooms with trash baskets! However you should make reservations in advance if you plan to visit during the summer, specially for weekends. We started our ascent from the hut the following morning at 7:20 AM on a very well signaled path all the way to Canal Fonda (a year-round snowed couloir) which we arrived at 9:00 AM. After cramponing our way up Canal Fonda we reached Collado del Diente de Llardana at 3000 m. After waiting for about 40 minutes for the fog to recede from the summit, we started climbing above the Col on a leap of faith with the summit still covered in clouds of fog. By the time we reached the summit, visibility improved vastly and we could aprreciate the beautiful ibons and glacier circuses surrounding Posets. Took us 3.5 hrs. to reach the summit from the hut and 2.5 hrs. for the descent. Have lunch at the hut and another 2 hours hiking down to Eriste. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2003 5:58 am | ||
| TodoVertical | Route Climbed: Eriste Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| My brother and I climbed Posets in order to get in shape for that summer campaign in the Peruvian Andes. We were followed by our Alaskan Malamute dog-friend named "Nuka". We had a terrible day. Nine hours car-summit-car. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2003 2:34 pm | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: Estós Date Climbed: July 2000 | |
| Really it wasn't an attempt, just a hike with part of my family to Refugio de Estós starting at the parking above Puente Nuevo de San Jaime. Once at the hut my father and me went a little further (1 h) to see some cascades in the valley of Estós. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2003 5:20 am | ||
| Rafa Bartolome | Route Climbed: Eriste Date Climbed: 4 august 2002 | |
| One of the best observatory of the Pyrenees if you are lucky (It was not our case). Terrible storm to the night on having come to the refuge, many fog in the top, any companion could not do top ... in end, all the conditions to have to return another day but at least I feel satisfied with the sensation of having done some important thing (3375 metres, very few mounts in Spain overcome it, only 5). We come back! | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2003 10:10 am | ||
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