Col de la Quillane

Col de la Quillane

The Col de la Quillane in winter
Elevation 1,713 m (5,620 ft)
Location Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Range Pyrenees
Coordinates 42°32′53″N 2°6′51″E / 42.54806°N 2.11417°E / 42.54806; 2.11417Coordinates: 42°32′53″N 2°6′51″E / 42.54806°N 2.11417°E / 42.54806; 2.11417

Location in the Pyrenees

Col de la Quillane is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the border between La Llagonne and Matemale in Pyrénées-Orientales.

The Col de la Quillane marks the boundary of the watershed, with the Aude river on one side and the Têt river on the other.

It is from the Col de la Quillane that the businessman and Pyrenees explorer Prosper Auriol, and his friends, made the firt skiing ever in the Pyrenees, on 29 January 1901.[1]

At the Col de la Quillane nowadays can be found the small ski resort of La Quillane.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.
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