Pic de Ger

The Pic de Ger is a French Pyrenean summit, culminating at 2613m, located in the Ossau Valley in the Béarn province.ToponymyThe name ger means "mountain meadows" in Gascon.TopographyIt lies between the Col d'Aubisque and the Pic du Midi d'Ossau.AccessFrom Laruns, or further up from Eaux-Bonnes or Gourette.Legend of Clara "la Dame au Châle"It is told in the Ger and in the Col d'Aubisque, that a very old woman named Clara was taken by surprise above 2000m by the cold and snowy weather, only wearing a thick shawl with a walking stick. She was surprised by a bear, also in despair. Awestruck, she threw the baton so hard that it pierced the Pic de Ger at around 2500m high. The frightened bear fled. This moment of local history, surely inspired by an unsourced true tale, is still carved in the rock. In fact, under the summit of the Pic de Ger, the hole still exists, while at the bottom the face of the woman with her shawl and chapped lips.