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Access to the mountain is easier from [[Spain]] than from France. The route starts near the village of [[Torla]], Aragon, at the [[Ordesa Valley]] and ascends the [[Cirque de Soaso]] towards the Refuge of [[Góriz]] before the stiff climb to the summit. It is a dangerous climb with snow.
Monte Perdido Glacier, locating on the north-facing slope of Monte Perdido, is the third largest glacier in the Pyrenees. It is surrounded by vertical cliffs up to 800m in height.<ref name = "LM2016">{{cite journal |last1=López-Moreno |first1=Juan Ignacio |last2=Revuelto |first2=Jesús |last3=Rico |first3=Ibai |last4=Chueca-Cía |first4=Javier |last5=Julián |first5=Asunción |last6=Serreta |first6=Alfredo |last7=Serrano |first7=Enrique |last8=Vicente-Serrano |first8=Sergio Martín |last9=Azorin-Molina |first9=Cesar |last10=Alonso-González |first10=Esteban |last11=García-Ruiz |first11=José María |title=Thinning of the Monte Perdido Glacier in the Spanish Pyrenees since 1981 |journal=The Cryosphere |date=17 March 2016 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=681–694 |doi=10.5194/tc-10-681-2016}}</ref> Similar to most European glaciers, the Monte Perdido Glacier has been shrinking since the [[Little Ice Age]], and since 1981, the glacier has lost 48 hectares of surface area.<ref name = "LM2016"/> The rate of retreat is continuing to accelarate due to the effects of global [[climate change]].
== National park ==
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