24/ Perdiguero

The Perdiguero Glacier was located in the cirque on the north-northeast slope of Perdiguero Peak (3,222 m), the highest peak in the massif. During the Little Ice Age, it covered an area of 12.5 ha and reached a maximum length of 225 m.
In 1982-1985, it was classified as a glacier, split into two fragments, the westernmost of which, located in the Collado Superior de Literola sector, disappeared in 2005. The second fragment remained almost permanently covered by a snowfield and well protected from solar radiation. Despite its small size, it retained a significant mass of blue ice until 2012, becoming residual in 2017. The Perdiguero glacier disappeared completely in 2022.

Este aparato glaciar pertenece al siguiente macizo:

C) Perdiguero Massif

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In 2017, the summit (1) and the then residual glacier of Perdiguero (24), with the moraine (18) of the modest glacier of the Little Ice Age. In the vicinity of the Collado Superior de Literola (12), the western fragment became extinct in 2005 (Jordi Camins).

In 2012, the location of what was then the Perdiguero glacier (24) below the Perdiguero landmark (1). The summit and highest point of the massif is on the right, where the ridge from the Collado Superior de Literola (12) converges. Moraine from the Little Ice Age (18) and the blue waters of the Ibón de Literola.

The Perdiguero Glacier still reaching the edge of the moraine in the late 19th-early 20th century. (Excerpt from postcard no. 25, ‘Les Pyrénées – LUCHON – Les Posets (3367) et le Perdighero (3220) vus du Pic de Boum (3010). Collection Spont, édit. Paris’).