"Friday 3rd August 2018. An ascent of Pic de Tentes 2322m/114m, from Col de Tentes, Hautes Pyrénées, France. 1.4km, with 120m of ascent. 40mins. The ridge of Pic de Tentes forms the northern flank of Vallée des Pouey Aspé, a side valley of the famous Cirque de Gavarnie (see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_de_Gavarnie) in the High Pyrenees, close to the Spanish border. From the Cirque, it appears as an elegant crest, defended by limestone crags. From the Col de Tentes, the 2208m col that connects the peak to the main ridge, it has a quite different aspect – a grassy and easily accessible hill. This col is easily reached by a high mountain road which now ends at the col. A track continues south-west to the Port de Boucharo on the French-Spanish frontier, a route originally accessible to road vehicles, but no longer so. I had considered scaling this peak at the end of a long hike I had done up the nearby frontier peak of le Taillon (3144m/337m) in August 2016 (see at https://peakery.com/le-taillon-france/summits/121044/), but it was too late and I had too little energy left to make the short ascent to its summit on that occasion. After a walk below the peak earl..." — marktrengove • Aug 3, 2018