Vignemale, Mountain summit between Hautes-Pyrénées, France and Huesca Province, Spain

Vignemale is a mountain massif straddling the France-Spain border with multiple peaks, the highest reaching 3,299 meters. The range displays typical alpine features with steep rocky faces, snow fields, and glaciers at higher elevations.

On 2 August 1792, shepherds of Louis-Philippe-Reinhard Junker's survey team raised a signal on the summit, though the first known ascent is credited to guide Henri Cazaux and his brother-in-law Bernard Guillembet on 8 October 1837. In 1838 Anne Lister hired Cazaux for the climb, and Count Henry Russell later had caves dug into the massif for his stays.

The name comes from the Gascon Vinhamala, applied to the whole massif until 19th-century Pyreneists gave it to the highest summit; both roots, vin and mal, mean "mountain". Spanish shepherds of Broto call the south face La Labaza, those of Tena Camagibosa, and Aragonese speakers Comachibosa. Anne Lister hired guide Henri Cazaux in 1838 for 20 francs, plus 5 if the summit was reached.

The usual route crosses the Ossoue glacier from the Bellevue grottes on the GR 10, ending with easy scrambling; crampons are needed. The most favourable snow conditions are generally in June, when approach paths are mostly clear but soft snow still covers the glacier. Access is from Gavarnie, Cauterets or Torla-Ordesa.

Count Henry Russell, a Victorian eccentric, had several small caves dug on the massif and spent nights in them; the largest, near the Ossoue glacier, held a table and fireplace. He also had a small lake created beside one of the caves.