Pic des Spijeoles, Mountain peak in the Pyrenees range, France.

Pic des Spijeoles is a Pyrenean summit of 3,065 m on the border of Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées, in the High Luchonnais near Bagnères-de-Luchon. Its brownish-grey rock face is cut by vertical ridges, cracks and ledges, rising to a broad, jagged crest. Patches of snow or ice cling to hollows and a diagonal break on the right of the main face, and a darker rocky spur stands in the foreground.

Henry Russell and the Luchon guide Firmin Barrau made the first ascent by the normal route on June 30, 1880. On September 6, 1906, the Luchon pyreneist Marcel Spont died in a fall at the Brèche des Spijeoles, a gap on the mountain.

The name comes from the Gascon language and refers to the small streams that flow down the slopes. You can spot these water sources along the route and understand why locals chose this name for the peak.

The normal route starts at the Granges d'Astau and passes the Refuge d'Espingo; it is long but has no real technical difficulty, though fog makes it harder. The climb gains nearly 2,000 m, so even fit hikers often sleep at the refuge before the summit day.

The route passes a glacial lake and opens onto panoramic views across the Luchon Valley. The location on the departmental boundary makes the summit a special place to observe geological and climatic differences between the two mountain regions.