36) Seil de la Baquo East

Glaciar

The Portillón Oô glacier (35) and the Seil de la Baquo Oeste glacier (37) formed a single glacier covering 139 hectares during the Little Ice Age, the largest in the Perdiguero Massif and the third largest in the Pyrenees. It was particularly notable for the 3 km width of its head, the second widest in the Pyrenees. The separation of the Seil de la Baquo and Portillón de Oô glaciers occurred in the 1930s.
The Seil de la Baquo Glacier occupied the steps between Lac du Portillon and the base of the Seil de la Baquo peak (3,103 m), in a favourable north-facing position. In 1986, several ice fields still occupied the most protected areas of the lower step, but these disappeared in less than a decade. In 2012, a subglacial cavity formed, allowing a glimpse of its interior. During the regression process, various isolated fragments remained in the form of ice formations, which were protected by the shadow of Pico Olivier or Portillón de Oô.
Its current area is 3.2 hectares, including the ice fields. The glacier system as a whole is considered the largest glacial system in the Perdiguero Massif.

Este aparato glaciar pertenece al siguiente macizo:

C) Perdiguero Massif

Aragón
20 glaciers

36) Seil de la Baquo East

Comparativa de imágenes

2003

2022

Seil de la Baquo East Glacier in 2003, still maintaining a considerable snow-covered feeding area (Jordi Camins).

Seil de la Baquo East Glacier in 2022. Its characteristic longitudinal crevasses can still be seen (Javier Barco).

Galería de imágenes

Image of the Seil de la Baquo East Glacier in 2017 (36). Peaks of Seil de la Baquo (15) and Cap de la Baquo Occidental (16). Its longitudinal and transverse crevasses stand out, and on the left, the fragmentation into icebergs (Jordi Camins).

Partial view in 2017 of the French side of the Perdiguero Massif in its westernmost sector. Portillón de Oô (35), Seil de la Baquo Este (36) and Seil de la Baquo Oeste (37). Together they formed a single glacier during the Little Ice Age, the third largest in the Pyrenees. On the right is the Gourgs Blancs glacier (38) with its fragments, and the peak of the same name (17) (Jordi Camins).

The Seil Glacier in the Baquo Este in 1986. The ice fields can still be seen near Lac du Portillón and the tongue of the Portillón de Oô Glacier in the lower centre of the image (Jordi Camins).

Seil de la Baquo East Glacier in 1994 from the secondary summit of Crabioules (Jordi Camins).

Seil de la Baquo East Glacier in 2012. The regression of the glacier since 2003 is remarkable (Jordi Camins).

Seil de la Baquo East Glacier in 2017. No old snow that could generate new ice (Jordi Camins).

Seil de la Baquo Glacier in 2023. Recent snowfall in early autumn allows us to better distinguish the extent of the glacier and the ice field (Salvador Ruiz).