# Vignemale
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{{Short description|Summit in the Pyrenees on the Franco-Spanish border}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Vignemale
| image = Vignemale.jpg
| image_caption = Vignemale
| elevation_m = 3298
| elevation_ref =
| prominence_m = 1026
| prominence_ref = [{{cite web | title=Iberian Peninsula - World Ribus | date=17 March 2025 | url=https://worldribus.org/iberian-peninsula/ }}]
| parent_peak =
| listing = Ribu
| location = [Hautes-Pyrénées](/source/Hautes-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es), [France](/source/France)
[Sobrarbe](/source/Sobrarbe), [Aragon](/source/Aragon), [Spain](/source/Spain)
| range = [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees)
| map = Pyrenees
| coordinates = {{coord|42|46|36|N|0|08|35|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo =
| first_ascent = August 2, 1792
| easiest_route = Through the Ossoue glacier
}}
The '''Vignemale''' ({{IPA|fr|viɲmal}}; [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): ''Viñamala'', [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language): ''Vinhamala'', [Aragonese](/source/Aragonese_language): ''Comachibosa'', [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language): ''Vinyamala''), at 3,298 metres, is the highest of the [French](/source/France) [Pyrenean](/source/Pyrenees) summits (the highest in the whole of the range is the [Aneto](/source/Aneto)). It lies on the border between the Department of [Hautes-Pyrénées](/source/Hautes-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es) (''Nauts Pirenèus'' / ''Hauts Pirenèus''), in [Occitanie](/source/Occitania_(administrative_region)) and [Gascony](/source/Gascony), [France](/source/France) and [Sobrarbe](/source/Sobrarbe), in [Huesca](/source/Huesca), [Aragon](/source/Aragon), [Spain](/source/Spain), and the peak is split between the two countries.
The Vignemale is the name given to the mountain [massif](/source/massif) in French, which also straddles into Spain. It consists of several distinct summits, the predominant ones being Grand Vignemale or Pique-Longue (in French) / Pica Longa (in Occitan and Catalan) / Punda de Comabichosa (in Aragonese)[[http://www.muntanyaviva.cat/1/excursionisme/Vinhamala_Comachibosa3298mdesdelavalldel_ArapelcorredordelaMoskowa.html "Vinhamala o Comachibosa (3298m) pel corredor de la Moskowa, vall de l'Ara"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043008/http://www.muntanyaviva.cat/1/excursionisme/Vinhamala_Comachibosa3298mdesdelavalldel_ArapelcorredordelaMoskowa.html |date=2017-08-21 }}, ''Muntanyaviva.cat'', 2007 (in Catalan with Occitan and Aragonese names). [Accessed 12/05/2019]] (3298 m), [Pointe Chausenque](/source/Pointe_Chausenque) / Punta Chausenca (3,204 m) and [Petit Vignemale](/source/Petit_Vignemale) / Petita Vinhamala (3,032 m). The Vignemale is also the site of the second largest of the Pyrenean [glacier](/source/glacier)s (after the one on Aneto), the Ossoue / Osso (with around 0.6 km2), across which the "voie normale", or standard route to the summit travels.
One of its most dramatic aspects is the North Face upon which lie a number of serious ascent routes requiring skill and commitment. Below the North Face is the impressively situated mountain refuge - the ''Refuge des Oulettes de Gaube'' / ''Refugi d’eths Oletas de Gauba''. The approach from the north entails a delightful walk up to and around the picturesque [Lac de Gaube](/source/Lac_de_Gaube) / Gauba giving increasingly dramatic views of the mountain.
Almost synonymous with the Vignemale is the name of [Count Henry Russell](/source/Henry_Russell_(explorer)), an eccentric of the [Victorian era](/source/Victorian_era) who developed a lifelong passion for the mountain.
It will appear that the first ascension of the Vignemal was made by some shepherds who particpated to the geodesic expedition of Louis-Philippe Reinhart Junker in 1792. The first official ascension was made by the mountain guide Henri Cazaux and is brother-in-law the 8 october 1837. One year later, it was the first documented ascent of this peak was by English landowner and traveller [Anne Lister](/source/Anne_Lister) and three local guides, including the mountain guide Cazaux.[ https://www.pyrenees-passion.info/pyreneisme/conquete-grands-sommets-pyrenees/histoire-de-la-conquete-du-vignemale/ http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1968_files/AJ%201968%20199-204%20Ingham%20Anne%20Lister.pdf#search=%22anne%20lister%22 "Anne Lister's Ascent of Vignemale"], by Miss Vivien Ingham, ''[Alpine Journal](/source/Alpine_Journal)'', No. 73 (1968), p. 199-204. [Accessed 12/05/2019]][[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_life_and_loves_of_anne_lister "The Life and Loves of Anne Lister"], by Rebecca Woods, ''[BBC](/source/BBC)'', 3 May 2019. [Accessed 12/05/2019]][[http://www.muntanyaviva.cat/1/excursionisme/Vinhamala_Comachibosa3298mdesdelavalldel_ArapelcorredordelaMoskowa.html "Vinhamala o Comachibosa (3298m) pel corredor de la Moskowa, vall de l'Ara"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043008/http://www.muntanyaviva.cat/1/excursionisme/Vinhamala_Comachibosa3298mdesdelavalldel_ArapelcorredordelaMoskowa.html |date=2017-08-21 }}, ''Muntanyaviva.cat'', 2007 (in Catalan). [Accessed 12/05/2019]]
==Gallery==
File:Count Henry Russell 2.jpg|[Count Henry Russell](/source/Henry_Russell_(explorer)) in front of one of his caves on the Vignemale
{{wide image|Vignemale 360 deg.jpg|1000px|360° top view}}
== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.amis-du-livre-pyreneen.fr/index.php?content=view&id=85&Itemid=109&sf=OK&catid=21 Count Henry Russell's caves on the Vignemale]
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