Glacier du Casque

Glacier du Casque is a glacier in Fanlo Municipality, Huesca, Aragon. Glacier du Casque is situated nearby to the locality Cirque de Gavarnie, as well as near El Dedo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gavarnie Falls and Roland’s Breach.

Gavarnie Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.

The Gavarnie Falls is a tiered waterfall in France. With its overall drop of 422 metres, it is the highest waterfall in mainland France. The falls are situated in the Cirque de Gavarnie, near the village Gavarnie in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

Roland’s Breach

Mountain saddle

Photo: Jensbn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Roland's Breach is the name of a natural gap, 40 m across and 100 m high, at an elevation of 2,804 m in the Pyrenees on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France.

Pic du Taillon

Peak

Photo: Tigerente, CC BY 4.0.

Pic du Taillon or Pico Taillón is a summit in the Pyrenees, culminating at 3,144 m on the Franco-Spanish border in the Monte Perdido Range. Pic du Taillon is considered one of the easiest 3,000ers above the Cirque de Gavarnie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gavarnie and Cirque de Gavarnie.

Gavarnie

Photo: Frederik Vandaele, CC BY 2.5.

Gavarnie is a small village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. It is best known for the Cirque de Gavarnie, a massive glacial cirque in the Pyrenees Mountains, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.