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Macizos / G) Néouvièlle Massif

52) Néouvièlle

52) Néouvièlle

The absence of a moraine ridge in acceptable conditions of conservation makes it difficult to determine the dimensions reached by the glacier during the Little Ice Age, which is estimated at 16.5 ha, probably reaching a maximum length of 750 m and covering almost 14% of the ice in the massif. Broadly speaking, its development represented only half that of its neighbouring glaciers, 53) Maniportet, 54) Pays Baché and 55) Lac Tourrat.
At the beginning of the 20th century, its morphology already showed signs of significant retreat, and at the beginning of the last quarter of the century, it was a very deteriorated ice field, which, even without very precise data, was considered extinct in 1980.
The former Néouvielle Glacier is one of the most frequently mentioned in guides describing high mountain routes in the massif. Climbing its ‘old snow’ was one of the main attractions of the popular ascent via the normal route of the Pic de Néouvielle during the 20th century.

Este aparato glaciar pertenece al siguiente macizo:

Macizo de Néouvièlle

G) Néouvièlle Massif


5 glaciers

Galería de imágenes

The summit of Néouvièlle (1) and the site of its former AG (52). Ramougn Peak (2) and its extinct glacier (51). The Maniportet icefall (53) with the peaks of Trois Conseillers (3) and Turón de Néouvièlle (4). The Lac Tourrat cirque (55) on the northern slope of Pic Long (5). Pic Maubic (6) and Lac de Cap Long (10). (Jordi Camins – 2017).

The former location of the Néouvièlle Glacier (52) and the summit (1), which for more than four decades has no longer lived up to its name, ‘Old Snow’. The former location is also visible in images 294, 296 and 297 (Jordi Camins – 2012).

From a position similar to that of the previous photograph, the last fragment of the Néouvièlle icefall (above) and snowfields in 1976. (Author unknown).

From near the summit, a badly deteriorated Néouvièlle glacier, practically in a residual state and very close to extinction, in 1976. (Author unknown).

In a similar approach to the previous image, snowfields at the site of the extinct Néouvièlle glacier, which disappear before the end of each summer. (Jordi Camins – 2012).

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