[1] The summit was called Lerilica Peak until it was climbed on July 9, 1901 by Count René d'Astorg (1860-1940), a French Pyrenean.

Pico Maldito and Pico del Medio have negligible topographic prominence (about ten meters) and are therefore de facto anterior peaks of the Punta de Astorg according to the alpine criterion of bulletin 145 of the UIAA; but they are nevertheless listed in the UIAA list of Pyreneans three-thousanders as main summits.

[9] Punta de Astorg was therefore climbed late in the history of the Pyrenees: a century after Monte Perdido, which has the same altitude, and 60 years after that of Aneto.

Henri Béraldi recounts this first ascent in his book Cent Ans aux Pyrénées:[10][11] On Sunday July 8, Brulle and d'Astorg, having joined Luchon Célestin and Bernat, climbed to the Port de Venasque in two hours and two minutes from the Hospice and slept at Cabellud's.

On Mondays, they leave at 5:20: Plan des Etangs, Portillon, crevasse-free glacier and attack on the Pic du Milieu through its middle.

Summit - the real one - a megalithic monument: a large overhanging block and, placed on it, an obelisk.