Renclusa Refuge

The Renclusa refuge (Spanish: Refugio de la Renclusa) is a refuge located in the Spanish Pyrenees at the base of the massif de la Maladeta, at 2,140 m (7,020 ft) high, in the Ésera valley.

Later, engineer and Catalan pyreneeist Juli Soler i Santaló (1865-1914) built a small 4x3 m house, near its current location, which he named villa Maladeta, and he draughted the future refuge.

The Spanish Civil War interrupted its activity, and it wasn't until 1951 that a new refuge, restored and enlarged, came to be.

It is managed by the Aragonese Mountain Federation (FAM) and the Excursionist Centre of Catalonia (CEC).

One can get there from Benasque (about an hour's walk from Besurta car park) and from France, from Bagnères-de-Luchon, by the port de Venasque.

1895 : the shepherd's hut
Renclusa refuge