# Aspe peak

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{{Short description|Mountain in Spain}}
{{No footnotes|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name            = Aspe
| other_name      = Pico de la Garganta de Aísa
| image           = Pic d'Aspe.JPG
| image_caption   = Aspe from [Aísa](/source/A%C3%ADsa)
| elevation_m     = 2645
| elevation_ref   = 
| prominence_m    = 
| prominence_ref  = 
| range           = [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees)
| listing         = [Mountains of Spain](/source/List_of_mountains_in_Spain)
| language        = Spanish
| location        = [Province of Huesca](/source/Province_of_Huesca), [Spain](/source/Spain)
| map             = Pyrenees
| map_relief      = 1
| map_caption     = Location in the Pyrenees
| coordinates     = {{coord|42|46|N|0|35|E|type:mountain_region:ES_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = 
| topo            = 
| first_ascent    = Unknown
| easiest_route   = From [Candanchú](/source/Candanch%C3%BA)
| fetchwikidata   = ALL
}}

'''Aspe''' peak (also known as '''Pico de la Garganta de Aísa''') is a [mountain](/source/mountain) in the western [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees) of [Huesca](/source/Huesca_(province)); which is situated on the west side of the [Aragon Valley](/source/Aragon_Valley) near the towns of [Villanúa](/source/Villan%C3%BAa) (to the south) and [Canfranc](/source/Canfranc) (to the east). The peak is {{convert|2645|m|ft|0}} [AMSL](/source/AMSL) high. It is adjoined to the peak of [Zapatilla](/source/Zapatilla_(mountain)).

The peak towers over the Spanish [ski resort](/source/ski_resort) of [Candanchú](/source/Candanch%C3%BA) and the [Somport](/source/Somport) pass on the border with [France](/source/France). The peak gives its name to the French river [Gave d'Aspe](/source/Gave_d'Aspe) and the [Aspe Valley](/source/Aspe_Valley).

==Ascent routes==
*The south-western route:  ''Refugio de Rigüelo'' - ''brecha de Aspe'' - western side - summit (1180 metres of ascent, 3h 20min).
*Normal way from the northeast, from Candanchú.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Pico de Aspe}}
*{{cite opentopomap|Aspe|42.7667|0.5833|2023-06-15}}
*[http://www.mendikat.net/monte.php?numero=223es Mendikat - Aspe]

Category:Mountains of Aragon
Category:Mountains of the Pyrenees
Category:Two-thousanders of Spain

{{aragon-geo-stub}}

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