Montcalm Massif

Montcalm Massif
Pic de Montcalm seen from the Vicdessos valley
Highest point
Elevation3,077 m (10,095 ft)
Coordinates42°40′00″N 1°24′30″E / 42.66667°N 1.40833°E / 42.66667; 1.40833
Geography
Montcalm Massif is located in Pyrenees
Montcalm Massif
Montcalm Massif
Location in the Pyrenees
LocationAriège, France
Pallars Sobirà, Spain
Parent rangePyrenees
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascentCoraboeuf and Testu, 1827
Easiest routeFrom Alins or Auzat
The Estany de Canalbona, located in the massif

The Montcalm Massif (French: Massif du Montcalm, Catalan: Massís del Montcalm) is a mountain massif located in the Pyrenees, at the border between France and Spain, with an altitude of 3077 metres above sea level.[1]

Some of the summits are over 3,000 m high and the highest mountain in Catalonia (Pica d'Estats), as well as the highest mountain in Ariège (Pic de Montcalm), are part of this massif.[2]

  1. ^ "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. Retrieved May 22, 2010..
  2. ^ Juan Buysé, Los Tresmiles del Pirineo, un estudio enciclopédico. 3a ed. Editorial Martínez Roca, Barcelona, 1993