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and forms spiky alpine scenery with sharp crests and some difficult places. Several excellent circuits can be made from Nuria. The plateau summit of Puigmal d'Err is split for several hundred metres by a bold scarp, in places over 20 metres high, with the eastern half having slipped bodily towards
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The French side of Puigmal d'Err, looking east. The upper part of the Ribera d'Err valley is to the left of the mountain, and access on foot to the summit can be gained from that valley.
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Jarman David, Calvet Marc, Corominas Jordi, Delmas Magali, Gunnell Yanni 2014 Geografiska Annaler A96 357-391 Large-scale rock slope failures in the Eastern Pyrenees
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Station d'Err ski resort 1971m (France); Nuria 1972m, or new road from Queralbs to 2000m (Spain) - all easy in a short day (Nuria is finest approach).
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Nuria. This is clearly seen on GoogleEarth. Several other crests in this range are likewise split.
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Main roads and railway network. The summit of the Peak of
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Elevation
Coordinates
42°23′00″N 02°07′00″E / 42.38333°N 2.11667°E / 42.38333; 2.11667
Puigmal is located in Pyrenees
Puigmal is located in Pyrenees
Pyrénées-Orientales
France
Catalonia
Spain
Parent range
Pyrenees
Easiest route
[ˌpudʒˈmal]
Pyrenees
Spanish
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Queralbs
commune
Err
Pyrenees
schists
gneiss

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