Pica d'Estats

Pica d'Estats (Catalan and Spanish: "Pica d'Estats", French: "Pic d'Estats") is a 3,143-m-high mountain in the Montcalm Massif, Pyrenees. on the Spanish–French border.
In France, it is the highest point in the Department of Ariège. In Spain, it is the highest point of the autonomous community of Catalonia and of the province of Lleida.
Geography.
The summit of this mountain is on the border of the Regional Natural Park of the Pyrenees of Ariége (). The Pica d'Estats is in a group of mountains that forms the "Massif du Montcalm", and is the highest of the mountains in the East-Central Pyrennes.
The summit has three peaks, all very close to each other:
The group of three peaks runs north-northwest to southeast along the Spanish–French border.
Geologie.
The summit of Pica d'Estats is made of granite.
Climate.
Even with its altitude, the Pica d'Estats does not have much snow.
History.
The first ascent of this peak was made by Corabœuf &amp; Jean-Jacques Testu in 1827. Henry Russell climbed this peak in June 1864.