26) Graoués

Extinguido

The extinct Graoués glacier is one of 13 glaciers catalogued in the French sector of the Perdiguero Massif. Nine of them are located beneath the ridges that stretch for almost 5 km, linking the 2,942-metre-high Mail Planet peak with the 3,107-metre-high Lézat peak.
During the Little Ice Age, the Graoués Glacier covered an area of 13.5 ha and its maximum length and width were slightly over 400 m. Located in the shade between the peaks of Mail Planet (2,942 m) and Mail Barrat (2,986 m), its small cirque is closed off by a visible moraine high above Lac Charles (2,201 m).
At the end of the 1980s, in the form of a snowfield, it occupied a significant part of the cirque. In 2012, it was found to have split into three units. In 2017, it was classified as residual, becoming extinct in 2023.

Este aparato glaciar pertenece al siguiente macizo:

C) Perdiguero Massif

Aragón
20 glaciers

Galería de imágenes

In 2017, the then Residual de Graoués (26) with its frontal moraine (18) and Lac Charles (20). The Pico de Graoués (19) that gives it its name, and the Mail Barrat (3) with its AG (27). Further west, the Pico Boum (4) with its helero (28). In the background, on the slope of the Remuñé Valley, the location of the extinct Norte Pico de Remuñé (19) with its summit (2) (Jordi Camins).

From a perspective comparable to the previous image, on the left is the Grapués Glacier, with its front already far from its frontal moraine, probably at the beginning of the 20th century (Publisher: CIM-Laforge).

Partial image of the French side of the Perdiguero massif in 2012, with the AG Graoués (26), Mail Barrat (27), Boum (28), Maupás East (29) and West (30). Peaks: Mail Barrat (3), Boum (4), Maupás (5), Tusse de Remuñé (6). The fragmentation of the Helero de Graoués can be seen. Compare with the following image (Jordi Camins).

156.- The previous image taken 25 years earlier, in 1987, with the same reference points, showing the remarkable difference in the extent of the ice over a quarter of a century (Jordi Camins).

157.- The residual glacier of Graoués in 2017 and its visible moraine from the PEH. (Jordi Camins).