Pic de Bugarach, Mountain peak in Corbières Massif, France

Pic de Bugarach is the highest peak of the Corbières range in southern France, rising to 1,230 meters. The mountain dominates the surrounding landscape with its distinctive profile and rocky slopes.

The mountain's name may derive from the medieval term for the Bogomils, called "bougres" in French, ancestors of the Cathars; the Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France instead traces it to the Germanic personal name Burghar with the suffix -aticum. The site of the "puech de Bugarach and the northern ridge of the Fenouillèdes syncline" was classified in 2017. In 2010 the mayor of Bugarach complained of a massive influx of visitors drawn by New Age claims, and in December 2012 a municipal order closed the peak while police and rescue teams monitored the two largest of its 50 cavities, Bufo Fret and Font de Dotz.

The name Bugarach may derive from "bougres", a medieval term for the ancestors of the Cathars, or from the Germanic personal name Burghar with the suffix -aticum. Since the 2010s the peak has drawn New Age visitors who hold that it hides a treasure or a spacecraft; the mayor reported over 20,000 arrivals between January and July 2011, and a municipal order closed the summit in December 2012.

Two main routes lead to the summit: one starting from Bugarach village covering about 12 kilometers, and another from Col du Linas spanning about 7 kilometers. Hikers should wear sturdy footwear, bring water, and be prepared for changing weather conditions at higher elevations.

The peak displays a rare inverted geological structure where upper rock layers are older than lower ones, a result of powerful tectonic plate movements. This reversal of normal layering patterns reveals the tremendous forces that have shaped the mountain over time.