45) Llardana

During the Little Ice Age, the Llardana Glacier covered an area of 40 hectares and reached a length of 840 metres. Although it was not as long as the Posets and La Paúl glaciers, it currently holds more than a quarter of the ice in the Posets Massif.
Its favourable northern orientation and the protection offered by the Espadas-Posets ridge allow it to maintain a small feeding area, which has been reduced to less than half in the last two decades. At its lower limit, the ice is hidden under erosion material. It still shows some longitudinal cracks as a sign of its activity, although it is evolving towards a typical helero configuration.
It is currently the only active glacier in the Posets Massif. It covers 3.4 ha, representing two-thirds of the ice in the massif, and ranks eighth in terms of size among the Pyrenean glaciers.

Este aparato glaciar pertenece al siguiente macizo:

D) Posets Massif

Aragón
7 glaciers

45) Llardana

Comparativa de imágenes

1985

2024

Comparison over 29 years.

Evolution of the Llardana Glacier over the last three decades from the summit of Posets. October 1985 (Jordi Camins).

In 2024, with little activity and receding, it will be sheltered at the base of the Posets-Espadas ridge (Carlos González).

Galería de imágenes

In 2005, image of the Llardana Glacier (45) and its moraine (10) on the northern slope of the Posets Massif. Peaks of Posets (1) and Espadas (5) (Gabriel Baena).

Muy cubierto de derribos, el sector inferior del Glaciar de Llardana (45) en 2009, con la morrena de la Pequeña Edad de Hielo (10) (Jordi Camins).

The Llardana Glacier in 2017, far from the remarkable moraine of the Little Ice Age. The glacier has abandoned its easternmost sector, and at its upper limit it maintains a very small feeding area (Jordi Camins).