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The Balaïtous , Pyrenean granitic solid mass, is located at the border between the France and the Spain. It marks the beginning, while coming from the west, the Hautes-Pyrénées. The peak of Balaïtous (: 3144 m) are the first peak of the chain exceeding the altitude of: 3000 m since the Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology: probably of the occitan vath (pron. beats), valley and leitosa (pron. léytouse), of lèit , milk thus milky. The name can mean the valley which gives Lait . More probably milky valley because of the color of the torrent resulting from the glacier from Mow Néous, in charge of muds blanchâtres coming from the decomposition from the successive Feldspar S of the Granite and running out moreover of cascades and rapids. Another interpretation suggested is avalancheuse valley , of vath and lieitosa coming from lieit , reads, avalanche corridor.

It is at the bottom of the Val of Azun

Rises

1825 - the first rise of Balaïtous was carried out by the officers geodesists Peytier and Hossard after having made by error (in the fog) the first rise of the Pic Palas.
1864 - the second rise is the fact of large the pyreneist Charles Packe, which, after several failures, arrives at the top in September persuaded to carry out a first there. Its surprise is total when it finds the marks obvious of 1825.

To climb Balaïtous

Many routes exist nowadays for the rise, but none very easy, because of is made uneven in particular, which is higher than: 1500 m starting from any accessible point in the car. The most attended routes borrow the Glacier of Mow Neous, or at least what it remains about it. Certain ways, bringing to the top by the Spanish slope, make borrow the large diagonal geological curiosity characteristic of Balaïtous. French refuges of Larribet (: 2060 m), of Balaïtous (G. Ledormeur) (: 1970 m) or of Arrémoulit (: 2305 m) are possible starting points. With dimensions Spanish one will be able to use the refuge of Respumoso.

Sources

Coordinated: Géoportail

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