Refugio Ángel Orús

Refugio Ángel Orús, also known as El Forcau, is a staffed mountain refuge in the Aigüeta de Eriste valley in the municipality of Sahún, comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, Aragón, Spain. It sits at an altitude of 2,148 metres at the foot of the Agujas del Forcau. The refuge is owned by the Federación Aragonesa de Montañismo (Aragonese Mountaineering Federation) and was completely renovated over 1999 and 2000. It operates year-round and offers 98 places in rooms with shower and bathroom, running water, hot water, showers and washbasins, a bar and dining service, blankets, a first-aid kit, lockers, rest footwear and a multipurpose classroom. It also provides telephone and a telecommunications system for rescue operations. The refuge is a starting point for many hikers, for walking the GR 11, for the Chistau, Estós and La Bal traverses, for the three-refuge traverse (Estós–Biadós–Ángel Orús), for ascents of Posets/Llardana, Tenedor, Tucón Royo, Espadas, Eriste/Bagüeñolas and Es Corbets, as well as numerous mountain-skiing itineraries. As a commercial hospitality and mountaineering service brand, it is a well-known name in the Spanish Pyrenees refuge network.

Refugio Ángel Orús, also known as El Forcau, is a staffed mountain refuge located in the Aigüeta de Eriste valley in the municipality of Sahún, comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, Aragón, Spain, at an altitude of 2,148 metres at the foot of the Agujas del Forcau. It is owned by the Federación Aragonesa de Montañismo. The refuge was completely renovated over 1999 and 2000. It operates year-round and provides 98 places in rooms with shower and bathroom, running water, showers and washbasins, hot water, bar and dining service, blankets, a first-aid kit, lockers, rest footwear and a multipurpose classroom. It also offers telephone and a telecommunications system for rescue operations. The refuge serves as a starting point for many hikers, for walking the GR 11, for the Chistau, Estós and La Bal traverses, for the three-refuge traverse (Estós–Biadós–Ángel Orús), for ascents of Posets/Llardana, Tenedor, Tucón Royo, Espadas, Eriste/Bagüeñolas and Es Corbets, as well as numerous mountain-skiing itineraries.

• Complete renovation of the refuge over 1999 and 2000.

A high-mountain hospitality and mountaineering service brand within the Aragonese Pyrenees refuge network, owned and operated by the Aragonese Mountaineering Federation.

• Staffed mountain refuge accommodation

  98 places in rooms with shower and bathroom, year-round.

• Bar and dining service

  On-site bar and dining room for guests.

• Mountain rescue telecommunications

  Telephone and telecommunications system for rescue operations.

• Multipurpose classroom

  Aula polivalente available at the refuge.

1. 1Refugio Ángel Orúswikidata.org
2. 2Refugio Ángel Orúses.wikipedia.org