Pic du Midi d'Ossau
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| Pic du Midi d'Ossau | |
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 Pic du Midi d'Ossau |
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| Elevation | 2,884 metres (9,462 ft) |
| Location |  France |
| Range | Pyrenees |
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| First ascent | August 19, 1790 (?) by a shepherd from the valley d'Aspe |
- Another Pic du Midi is the Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
The Pic du Midi d'Ossau (2,884 m) is a mountain rising above the Ossau valley in the French Pyrenees. Possessing neither a glacier nor a particularly high summit in the context of the range, it is, however, the symbol for the French side of the Pyrenees. Its familiar shape makes it easily recognisable from afar, and it is particularly distinctive from the boulevard des Pyrénées in Pau, some 55 km to the north.
The mountain offers many routes of ascent; the voie normale is a serious scramble verging, at times, on a PD grading.
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