Pic du Balaïtous
Its name may come from the Occitan words vath (valley) and leitosa (milky). Its height is 3,144 metres AMSL and it is the first mountain to surpass the 3,000 metres from the Atlantic coast.Ledormeur) (1,970 m) or Arrémoulit (2,305 m). From Spain the starting point is La Sarra parking, near Sallent de Gállego, and then to the Arriel lakes or the Respumoso lake . . Another Spanish name for the mountain is Pico de los Moros (Moors peak). It separates the Spanish Tena Valley (Sallent de Gállego) from the French Val d Azun. There are many ascent routes, none of them are easy, mainly because of the strong vertical drop of 1,500 m from any of the access points. From France the most frequent route goes through Las Neous glacier starting from any of rhe refuges nearby: Larribet (2,060 m), Balaïtous (G.
The Balaitus (Spanish) or Pic du Balaïtous (French) (Aragonese: Pico Os Moros; Occitan: Vathleitosa) is a granitic massif of the Pyrenees, located right on the border between Spain and France. Balaitús marks the starting point of the High Pyrenees.
