Pico Posets

{{Short description|Montain in the Pyrenees}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pico Posets | other_name = Punta de Llardana | image = Posets Viadós.jpg | image_caption = Pico Posets from the west | elevation_m = 3369 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb /> | prominence_m = 1125 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite web |url= http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9790 |title = Posets, Spain |website= peakbagger.com |accessdate=29 September 2015 }}</ref> | listing = Ribu | location = Eriste, Benasque valley (Ribagorza, Aragon, Spain) | range = Pyrenees | map = Pyrenees | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in the Pyrenees | coordinates = {{coord|42|39|56|N|0|25|28|E|type:mountain_region:ES_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = August 6, 1856 (H. Halkett) | easiest_route = basic snow/ice climb from Angel Orús refuge }}

'''Pico Posets''' or '''Punta de Llardana''' is the second highest peak of the Pyrenees, after Aneto. It is located in the Spanish province of Huesca and is {{convert|3369|m|ft}} high.

==Ascent route== thumb|left|Topographic map of the ascent route From the ''Angel Orús'' refuge (2,095 m), a well-marked path heads northwest. After an hour of climbing the route crosses a stream. Further on, the path forks. The route follows the right-hand fork along a narrow valley (''Canal Fonda''), which has a snowy section almost all year round, so it is advisable to take an ice axe and crampons. {{Stack|thumb|250px|View of Pico Posets from Pico Forqueta}} In under three hours, the path leads to the foot of the ''Tooth of Llardana'' (which can be ascended more easily when returning from the summit of the Posets). Following the stone slope after four hours of ascent the summit is reached.

The descent to the refuge follows the same route and takes about three hours.

==See also== *Espadas Peak

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Posets}} *[http://www.esquidetravesia.net/rutas-y-travesias-pirineos-posets.htm Rutas y Travesías en los Pirineos : Posets - Cotiella - Benasque]

Category:Mountains of the Pyrenees Category:Mountains of Aragon Category:Pyrenean three-thousanders