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EnglishThe Eriste or Bangueñola Massif, to the south and close to the Posets Massif, has summits close to 3,000 metres in altitude. Four of them are higher than 3,000 metres: La Forqueta (3,011 m), Eriste Norte or Beraldi (3,025 m), Gran Eriste (3,053 m) and Eriste Sur (3,045 m).
During the Little Ice Age, at the location of the extinct North Eriste glacial Glacier, the ice must have extended over an area of 15 ha.
Between 1982-1985, it was the massif with the least presence of glacial ice, making it the first of the 12 Pyrenean massifs to lose glacial ice.
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Glacial extension during the Little Ice Age
The ice of the Eriste Massif spread over 15 ha during that period, before its subsequent disappearance.
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massif to lose all its ice
It was the first of the 12 Pyrenean massifs to completely lose its glacial ice.
Situation of the northern slope of the Eriste Massif in 2017
The easternmost fragment (1) of Residual Eriste Norte (46), and the almost disappeared fragment (2), very close to the summit of Gran Eriste (8). Summits Eriste Norte (7), and Eriste Sur (9). (Jordi Camins).
Eastern slope of the Eriste Massif
From left to right, the Eriste Sur, Gran Eriste and Eriste Norte peaks. Snowfields at the former location of what must have been the Bangueñola or Eriste Glacier, as mentioned in some guidebooks from the last century. (Jordi Camins – 2015).
