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Aneto [2] is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and in Aragon, Spain's third-highest mountain, [3] reaching a height of 3,404 metres (11,168 feet). It is in the Spanish province of Huesca , the northernmost of three Aragonese provinces, 6 kilometres (4 miles) south of the France–Spain border .
The following is a list of notable first ascents of the summits of major mountains around the world, in chronological order.. The list does not include the first ascent of new routes to previously climbed mountain summits.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col. For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence, key col, and parent, see topographic prominence. In particular, the different definitions ...
The summit is located northeast of the Province of Huesca and occupies the centre of the Montes Malditos. It is connected to Aneto to the east by a 3,000-metre (9,800 ft) row of peaks called the Cresta del Medio (Pico Maldito, Pico del Medio, Pico de Coronas), which, along with the crest of the Portillones, give the appearance of being solid. [5]
The Vignemale is also the site of the second largest of the Pyrenean glaciers (after the one on Aneto), the Ossoue / Osso (with around 0.6 km 2), across which the "voie normale", or standard route to the summit travels. One of its most dramatic aspects is the North Face upon which lie a number of serious ascent routes requiring skill and ...
Ski slopes in the summer. The most distant mountain in the image is the Aneto, the highest mountain in the Pyrenees. Superbagnères Chapel. The Grand Hôtel at Superbagnères. Superbagnères (French pronunciation: [sypɛʁbaɲɛʁ]) is a ski resort above the town of Bagnères-de-Luchon in the French department of Haute-Garonne in the Midi ...
In 2010 Stephen Wampler decided to push the limits to raise awareness of disabled people and became the first person with Cerebral Palsy to climb Yosemite's El Capitan.The ascent took him six days ...
2012: Ascent of Mount Aneto (3,404m /Spain). The climb was broadcast on NHK's Great Summits. September 29, 2014: Won the 4th Faust AG Adventurers Award by leading four Japanese female college students in the first ever climbing of the unexplored peak of Mansail in Mustang (6,242m / Nepal). [6] [13] [14] [15]