Crabioules, Mountain summit in Haute-Garonne, France

Crabioules is a rocky summit in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, composed of massive granite blocks. The steep slopes and rocky structures create technically demanding routes for experienced climbers.

Crabioules is a 3,107 m granite summit on the Franco-Spanish border, with a prominence of 132 m, in the eastern Perdiguère massif above the Lys valley near Bagnères-de-Luchon. Its north face holds a small hanging glacier now shrinking with climate warming, and its rock is poor and the climb dangerous; the south face above the Litérole cirque in Spain is steeper but safer and easier. The usual French approach runs through the Oô valley, Espingo and Portillon refuges, or the Lis valley and Maupas refuge.

The name comes from the Gascon and Benasqués words for a place where goats are kept, pronounced "Carbiéoués" in the local Gascon mountain dialect. The summit sits on the Franco-Spanish border and the Pyrenean watershed, separating the cirque des Crabioules above the Lys valley from the cirque de Litérole in Spain.

The usual French approach starts in the Oô valley past the Espingo and Portillon refuges, or in the Lis valley via the Maupas refuge. The north face holds a small hanging glacier and looser rock, while the steeper south face above the Litérole cirque has firmer rock. The traverse between the two summits is exposed but not difficult.

The name comes from Gascon and Benasquese words for a place where goats are kept; locally it is pronounced "Carbiéoués". Its north face holds a small hanging glacier that is shrinking with climate warming, and the rock there is poor, making that side more dangerous than the steeper but sounder south face above the Litérole cirque.