Pic Schrader

The Pic Schrader or Grand Batchimale is a central pyrenean summit, culminating at 3177m, located for the most part in Spain. It buckles the vallée du Louron with its impressive silhouetteIt is located between the massifs of Monte Perdido and Posets.ToponymyFormerly named Grand Batchimale, it was renamed in honour of mountaineer, cartographer, geographer and landscape painter Franz Schrader (1844-1924), who charted many mountains and valleys in the Pyrenees in the 19th century and who carried out its first known ascension on August 11, 1878 along with mountain guide Henri Passet.The name Batchimale is the name of the borderline crest of which it is the highest summit (there is also the Petit Batchimale). Franz Schrader quotes in his Mémoires the term Pic Pétard in the sense of Pic Tonnerre « thunder ».TopographyIt is located on the Franco-Spanish borderline crest between the vallée du Louron (Hautes-Pyrénées) and the Spanish Huesca province, which is also situated on the pyrenean watershed.HistoryOn August 11, 1878 at 10:05, the first ascent was carried out by Franz Schrader, along with guide Henri Passet, and a porter whose name is forgotten.AccessOne can access the pic Schrader from the French side of the mountain through la vallée de La Pez or from le refuge de La Soula. One can also ascend from the Spanish side, which offers two itineraries : one from Viados, following the western crest of la Punta del Sabre and the other, less frequented, passing by les lacs de Batchimale.