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Coma Pedrosa Summit

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Coma Pedrosa Summit

Name: Coma Pedrosa Summit
Rating: 2

Recommended by 35 hikers

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Location: La Massana, Andorra

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1. Ascent to Pico de Comapedrosa — circular Parque Natural Comunal de les Valls del Comapedrosa

13.4km

07:11

1,340m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Coma Pedrosa Summit – Comapedrosa Valley loop from Arinsal

17.2km

08:21

1,440m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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3. Coma Pedrosa Summit – Estany Negre de Comapedrosa loop from Xixerella

7.37km

04:10

700m

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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ASnz

August 17, 2021

The hike to the summit requires some expertise or physical resistance. Some trails leading to the summit are technical with a lot of sharp rocks.

However, it can be done without problems if you have the adequate shoes and running/hiking techniques.

If you don't carry enough water, don't worry because there's plenty of places where you can refill your bottles near the top where the water comes out from the rocks. So you don't have to worry about bacteria. I've never felt sick after drinking directly from it.

David Howells

October 21, 2020

Coma Pedrosa (2,944 m or 9,657 ft) is the highest mountain in the principality of Andorra. It is popular with mountain climbers, its ascent being technically straightforward, although strenuous. From Arinsal to Camp de Refuge (650m climb) is being considered moderate meanwhile the last 862m is considered to be difficult. Several mountain lakes and tarns are found on the slopes, notably Estanys de Baiau, which lies on the western slopes, across the Spanish border.

The nearest town is Arinsal, La Massana. Historically, the mountain provided ample security from invasions into Andorra. The mountain is part of the Parc Natural Comunal de les Valls del Comapedrosa national park.

David Howells

December 9, 2020

Trip Notes
Nestled in the upper reaches of Andorra just above Arinsal is Pic de Coma Pedrosa (2,944m Andorra High Point). I had been looking forward to doing this peak for a while. I was also joined by a fellow Peakbagger friend from Samatan in France, David Guernot. I had stayed with Dave just the day before and we travelled up separately, he in his car and me in my motor home to stay in a campsite in La Masanna.
In the morning we drove up to Arinsal and got away at about 9am. It was a cracking weather day and a superb mountain lay ahead. We started at the municipal car park at Arinsal and went straight up the standard route up to the refuge. This took a couple of hard hours. We then followed the obvious gentle trail for a while amidst superb scenery and continued onwards and upwards to the two lakes. At one stage you start to head North to the lakes and it gets steeper again here. You pass both lakes on the right and a few hundred meters past the second one you will see a feint trail on the right that heads up the steep shale bank. This shale bank is not nice going and very steep, the steepest section of the day. However persevere as it brings you out to just below the summit.
Once on the summit the views are superb. We were able to linger for about 45 minutes in the sunshine before coming down the easier but steep ridge heading south until we rejoined the same path we came up on. Now this ridge is great, nowhere to exposed but a lovely ridge hike and scramble on occasions.
The route finding was all simple enough but it is a hard day with 15kms and 1,400m of ascent. We did it in 8hrs 30mins. Well outside the guide book time but we loitered a lot due to the superb views, having cameras and the perfect weather!
Nothing technical and the paths are good apart from the aforementioned shale bank which was steep, around 60%. It wasn’t possible to zig zag much on this section either but at the same time it wasn’t too loose.
All in all, a perfect mountain day! For route details click here: komoot.com/tour/274922136

Route Summary: Stunning alpine peak on good well marked mountain trails. Very steep especially the shale section. Forest hike to start for 2-3 hours to the refuge. Rocky and steep overall with an excellent decent ridge hike/scramble.
Route Statistics: 15kms with 1,400m of ascent done in 8hrs 30min.

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Elevation 2,920 m

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Friday 19 December

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-3°C

16 %

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1. Ascent to Pico de Comapedrosa — circular Parque Natural Comunal de les Valls del Comapedrosa

2. Coma Pedrosa Summit – Comapedrosa Valley loop from Arinsal

3. Coma Pedrosa Summit – Estany Negre de Comapedrosa loop from Xixerella

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