Petit Vignemale

The Petit Vignemale is a summit in the French Pyrenees in the massif du Vignemale. Access is possible either by the Gaube valley (beyond Cauterêts), or la vallée d'Ossoue.

Petit Vignemale
Petit Vignemale (3032 m) au centre, col de la Hourquette d'Ossoue à droite (2 734 m), vue partielle du glacier d'Ossoue (Photo prise du col de Labas)
Highest point
Elevation	3,032 m (9,948 ft)
Listing	List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates	42°46′29″N 0°08′05″E[1]
Geography
Petit Vignemale Location in the Pyrenees
Location	Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Parent range	Massif du Vignemale (Pyrenees)
Geology
Rock age	Praguien - Emsien[2]
Climbing
First ascent	August 1798 by La Baumelle

Toponymy

Vignemale is a tautological compound of two pre-Indo-European vin and mal both meaning « mountain ».^[3]

Geography

Le Petit Vignemale is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, near Cauterets and Gavarnie arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park.

Geology

The summit is composed of sediment masses from the early Devonian period.^[4]

Climbing

The first ascent was made in August 1798 by La Baumelle.

Access

Two routes :

• normal route (hiking) ;
• north harbor (climbing).