Perdiguero

Perdiguero - 3221M

654M Prominence

42.69195, 0.51874

July 9, 2025

HRP Day 19 stats

1292M Ascent, 1706M descent

19.64 KM

This morning I woke up in my bivouac nect to refuge du portillon at 2260M. The objective was to climb Perdiguero for the day. I had originally planned to drop my bag and do it as an out and back, but after making my way up to the col portillon inferieur, I realied that I could make one continuous path over and down the mountain, which might save me some time and I woule prefer to do. The col inferieur is at 2970M already, so the climb to the summit would not be too much more evelvation gain. To gain the col, i had to climb up one snow patch, but it was full of melted out holes so I never even bothered to throw my crampons on. From the col I traversed south west and bypassed tuca litterola by traversing the south east side of the ridge. The rock was fairly solid and was only moderately class 3 at times. From the ridge I made it to the col superieur litterola at 3050M, from there it was 200 meters of light scrambling up perdiguero's north east ridge, and I promptly found the summit. There was someone else on a summit along  side me for the first time since the Vignemale. I didnt linger for too long even though the views were suberb on such a clear morning. The descent route was significantly easier and more established down the east ridge down to ibon blanco de litterola. From there i climbed slightly up to portal de remune, and then down the valley alongside the barranco remune until I arrived at Hospital de benasque (a hotel), and the highway. I hitchhiked into the toen of benasque to buy food for the next three days, then hitchhiked back to the Hotel. From the hotel I casually made my way up to refugio renclusa and set up my tent nearby. Refugio renclusa is the main hub for Pico Aneto, and those who climb it.