Punta Suelza

Punta Suelza - 2971M

657M Prominence

42.65198, 0.28984

July 7, 2025

HRP Day 17 stats

2349M Ascent, 1650M descent

30.1 KM

I woke up just outside the scenic little old town of Parzan. Afte the usual quick start, I set out on the HRP and made my way in direction on Punta Suelza, the objective for the day. I started off the day by walking up an extensive gravel road from Parzan at 1150M up to the Urdiceto dam at 1950M. I then made my way up to the Ibon Urdiceto and dropped my camp gear at 2370M. I took my time and had a break to have a snack and dry out my gear. I then started making my way up a large bowl on the North West flank of the mountain. It was quite extensive and took me up to the summit ridge at 2800M. It was all very loose, but none the less just a relatively steep hike on loose shale. Up on the ridge I headed East towards the summit. The rock got chunkier, and the terrain leveled out a bit, which made for easier hiking than in the bowl earlier. After less than an hour from Ibon Urdiceto, I found the summit. It may not be one of the 3000+ meter peaks in the Pyrenees, but it is quite close at 2971M, and is a p600 none the less. The views were great on such a clear morning, and there were fantastic views South all over Spain, as it is one of the taller peaks on the Spanish South side of the Pyrenees. There were also excellent views of tomorrows goal, Posets. After a few minutes on the summit, I followed the same route as I had ascended back down to my bag. Retracing the trail was relatively easy to follow, as there were a fair amount of cairns. Once back at my bag I took another decent break, then headed East along my HRP route towards Refugio de Viados. On the way, I hiked back down to 1550M and below tree line. To my surprise as I was hiking through the forest, I encountered Malou, a young Frenchman who I had been hiking with weeks ago on the trail, we hung out a bit at the refuge, then hiked up to Cabana de la Basa. Cabana de la Basa is an un manned shack that could shelter a few people, and is far from the dirtiest one I have come across yet. staying here for the night set me up well for a big day the next day, and was a good spot where I could do an out and back of Posets in the morning.

Punta Fulsa to the West, smaller but cooler looking I think

Looking down at Ibon and Refugio Urdiceto after just having passed them

Looking down at the scree I climbed

Punta Fulsa South East side and Lago del Cau

Looking ahead at Punta Suelza North West ridge

Punta Suelza summit

Looking West to La Munia

Looking East at tomorrow's objective, Posets

Bordas de Viados, nearing Posets

Camp out in Cabana de la Basa

HRP Day 17 route

Punta Suelza close up