Diego Sahagún - Aug 17, 2004 1:33 pm - Voted 10/10
The lake...is known as Ibón Blanco de Lliterola and has turquoise alike water
Rafa Bartolome - Aug 17, 2004 4:49 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: The lake...thanks. Yes, is the real name in the map but many routes and books say "ibon superior" e "ibon inferior" (real name "ibonet de Literola") only for orientation to the mountaineers. You can see the ibon blanco in this picture of Perdiguero.
Diego Sahagún - Aug 18, 2004 5:26 am - Voted 10/10
Re: The lake...Yup, but there is another little lake above this one, wich is only named Ibón Blanco. That's why we must say the whole names. The waters of Ibón Blanco de Lliterola are so beautiful in my opinion. I could see it the other day and there was a bar of ice in the middle. It seemed that you could traverse the lake from side to side. It was a sunny day and one hour later that bar had break.
For the the non Spaniards I would say that ibón means in mountain lake in the local languaje, spoken in Aragon. I think that Rafa could say more about that, he lives more near that region than me. Rafa, d'you know what David Atela says about that word in his book about los ibones del Pirineo?
Thanks
Rafa Bartolome - Aug 18, 2004 6:57 am - Hasn't voted
Re: The lake...well, the ibons (or lakes) of the Pyrenees are one of the most interesting objects of this mountain chain (aproximately 1200 ibones!!).
The name proceeds of a word in old Alto Aragonés language, very similar to spanish-french mix. In all the maps of the Pyrenees you can read the word Ibon that you must translate as lake.
The origin of the ibones is a glacier and still many remain to high heights of natural form (as Acherito's ibon, ibones de Anayet, Ibon Blanco de Literola in Perdiguero, Ibones de Pondiellos in Picos del Infierno or the famous little lago helado of Monte Perdido). Some of them have needed works of dikes and artificial damming to avoid dangers (as ibon de Ip in Collarada or ibon de Respomuso in zone Balaitous-Infiernos).
The zone of Pyrenees with more ibones is the Park of San Maurici / Aigüestortes in Lleida, a great natural place.
Many information available in internet generally in spanish (type the word "ibon" in the search).
If you wish walk to the 217 ibones of Aragón you can consult the book by D.Atela "Ibones y lagos del Pirineo Aragonés" with many routes and many books about it.
Diego Sahagún - Aug 18, 2004 10:31 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: The lake...Thanks for the information Rafa, another area with many ibones is Panticosa...
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