# Grotte Casteret

- **Country:** Spain
- **Access:** Controlled
- **Length:** 500 m.
- **Survey:** SWETCC, 1961
- **Geology:** Cretaceous limestone
- **Hazards:** Ice
- **Location:** Aragon, Spain
- **Discovery:** 1926
- **Elevation:** 2640 m
- **Other Name:** Gruta Helada de Casteret
- **Photo Caption:** The Grande Salle in the Grotte Casteret
- **Entrance Count:** 3.
- **Height Variation:** 80 m

The Grotte Casteret, also known by its Spanish names Gruta de Casteret or Gruta Helada de Casteret, is a limestone ice cave, located high in the Spanish Pyrenees, within the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. Discovered in 1926 by Norbert Casteret, it is known for its Grande Salle (Great Hall) which has a frozen lake some in area, its ice formations, and a ice wall into a second chamber.

![Photo of Grotte Casteret](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Cascada_helada_de_la_cueva_de_Casteret_-_WLE_Spain_2015.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_Casteret (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)