El Cavall Bernat, Monolithic summit in Montserrat Mountains, Spain

El Cavall Bernat is a conglomerate rock needle on the Montserrat massif, straddling the boundary between Monistrol de Montserrat and Marganell, in the Bages comarca. It stands at the western end of the Tebaida, or Sant Salvador, region, raised above the ridge, with a tall, slender, near-phallic profile that makes it stand out from almost everywhere in the massif.

The first ascent, in 1935, was considered almost epic because the needle had a reputation for being impregnable. On 17 October 1954 Jordi Álvarez Garcia opened the Puigmal route, important in the history of Catalan climbing. Since 1978 the Grup Cavall Bernat has gathered climbers who have reached the summit.

The name comes from "Carall Bernat", carall being coarse slang for penis, after the rock's near-perfect phallic shape. A local legend tells of a woodcutter who made a pact with the devil and received a swift horse called Bernat; when the ten years were up, a light from the Virgin made devil and horse vanish, leaving a stone pointing at the sky. Since 1978 the Grup Cavall Bernat has gathered climbers who have reached the summit.

The summit is reached only by climbing, not by walking: the first ascent, in 1935, was a roped rock climb, and the walls now carry long routes such as the Puigmal, opened by Jordi Álvarez Garcia on 17 October 1954. More than 1,500 climbers reach the top each year. The needle stands on the municipal boundary of Monistrol de Montserrat and Marganell, at the western end of the Tebaida region.

The name derives from "Carall Bernat": carall is a crude synonym for penis, a reference to the pinnacle's near-perfect phallic silhouette. Local legend tells of a woodcutter who grew rich with a devil-given horse named Bernat; when the ten-year pact fell due, a light from the Virgin made horse and devil vanish, leaving a stone pointing at the sky.