Aspe peak, also known as Pico de la Garganta de Aísa, is a mountain

Mountain

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 in the western Pyrenees

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

 of Huesca

Huesca (province)

Huesca , officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées...

, situated on the west side of the Aragon Valley near the towns of Villanúa

Villanúa

Villanúa is a Pyrenean municipality in Spain in the north of Huesca province, in la Jacetania, set where the Aragon valley gets wider. Its name refers to the "new village" repopulated in the late 10th century. Altitude 953m. and 58.2km²...

 (to the south) and Canfranc

Canfranc

Canfranc is a municipality in the Aragon Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two towns.- Political information :* comarca of Jacetania * province of Huesca* autonomous community of Aragón- Canfranc :...

 (to the east). The peak is 2,645 meters AMSL high.

The peak towers over the Spanish ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 of Candanchú

Candanchú

Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees . The name of the area is a corruption of "Camp d'Anjou" as this was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty...

 and the Somport

Somport

Somport is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. The pass, whose name is derived from the Latin Summus portus, was one of the most popular routes for crossing the mountains for soldiers, merchants, and St...

 pass on the border with France

France

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. The peak gives its name to the French river Gave d'Aspe

Gave d'Aspe

The Gave d'Aspe is the torrential river flowing through the Aspe Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn , in the Southwest of France.It is formed in the Aspe Circus, below the Aspe peak ....

 and the Aspe Valley.

Ascent routes

• The south-western route: Refugio de Rigüelo - brecha de Aspe - western side - summit (1180 meters of ascent , 3h 20min).
• Normal way from the northeast, from Candanchú.