Pic de Racó Gros, Mountain summit in Fontpédrouse, France
Pic de Racó Gros is a 2,776.4-metre mountain on a northern spur of the main Pyrenean axis, in the commune of Fontpédrouse, Conflent, Northern Catalonia. It stands on the ridge separating the Riberola valley to the north-west from the Torrent de Carançà valley to the south-east, south-west of the Pic de Racó Petit.
The sources record no historical events, pastoral traditions or border crossings attached to Pic de Racó Gros. Its documented history is cartographic and mountaineering: the 2,776.4-metre summit on the ridge between the Riberola and Carançà valleys was surveyed and listed, and it now appears in the FEEC's 100 Cims catalogue of Catalan summits.
The peak is one of the 100 cims de la FEEC, a list of a hundred summits compiled by the Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya. Inclusion in the list is what brings many Catalan hikers to the summit, which stands on the ridge above the Riberola and Carançà valleys.
The summit lies on the ridge between the Riberola valley to the north-west and the Torrent de Carançà valley to the south-east, in the south-central part of the Fontpédrouse commune. The Pic de Racó Petit stands just to the north-east. No marked trail or timing is recorded in the sources, so plan the approach from the valley side you intend to descend.
The peak is listed among the 100 cims de la FEEC, the Federation of Catalan Hiking Entities' selection of 100 summits. It stands on the ridge between the Riberola valley and the Torrent de Carançà, just southwest of the lower Pic de Racó Petit. The summit lies within the commune of Fontpédrouse, in Conflent, Northern Catalonia.
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