It is bounded by mountain ridges to the south, east and west, with the southern edge running along the border with Spain, and by an escarpment which drops away into the Valira valley to the north.

Dwellings, field terraces, tracks, and the remains of ironworking demonstrate the ways that the natural resources of the high Pyrenees were used by the local inhabitants over a period of over 700 years, through changes in climate,[dubious – discuss] economic prosperity, and social structures.

The higher fields are now giving way to forest, which also covers areas on the slopes where grape vines were grown in the Middle Ages.

The high pasture was grazed in the summer by sheep, cows and horses, with the land owned on a communal basis since the Middle Ages.

There are no plans to build an access road, and the land is intended to be developed as a distinctive area for farming of high-quality livestock, and for limited tourism.