Turon de Néouvielle explained

Turon de Néouvielle
Elevation M:3035
Map:Pyrenees
Location:Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Range:Néouvielle massif
Coordinates:42.8281°N 0.1075°W
First Ascent:15 August 1787 Jean-Joseph Vidal and Henri Reboul

The Turon du Néouvielle is a summit in the French Pyrenees, culminating at 3,035 m, located in the Néouvielle Range, on the edge of the Pyrenees National Park. It is famous for having the first recorded ascent of a Pyrenees peak over 3,000 metres.[1]

History

In 1787, on the second of August, Jean-Joseph Vidal, an astronomer from Mirepoix, and the chemist Henri Reboul from Toulouse, who was studying the snowmass in the Pyrenees, made the first recorded ascent.[2] [3] They gave their names to the rocky ridge which extends from the crest of Turon towards Cap-de-Long Lake.

Access

The peak is easily accessible from Barèges, going past the alpine "hut" of Refuge de la Glère, by Lake Glère.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://philrando.free.fr/premierespardate.html List of peaks in the Pyrenees by date of ascent
  2. News: Rouche, Martine . 24 April 2010 . 2e journée de printemps de l'histoire locale à Mirepoix. Ariège News. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170235/http://www.ariegenews.com/news-17378.html. 14 July 2014. live.
  3. Book: Grao, Jean-Paul. 2013. Henri Reboul: l'aube du pyrénéisme. French. MonHélios. Pau, France. 9791090065277.
  4. Web site: Refuge de la Glère. Pyrēnēes cabanes et refuges.