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Motorcycle routes in French Pyrenees 🇫🇷
6 routes available
The French Pyrenees offer the most legendary passes in world cycling and motorcycling: Tourmalet, Aubisque, Portalet, Peyresourde. Perfectly surfaced roads, technical bends, alpine scenery and a well-established riding tradition.
High mountain passes (1,500-2,200 m), French-quality tarmac, technical bends, cyclist traffic in summer. Short season: June-October. A must for any rider from the south.
- Published routes
- 6From 100 to 180 km per route
- Total kilometres
- 860 km
- Average difficulty
- 3/5 · Moderate
- Best season
- May to October
- Highest elevation gain
- 2,600 mPeak altitude 2,115 m
- Routes with GPX
- 6 of 6
What riding French Pyrenees is like
By road character: linked curves (6 routes), mountain pass (5 routes), charming villages (3 routes), low traffic (2 routes), technical road (2 routes).
The longest is Foix, Montségur and the Cathar castles of Ariège at 180 km; the shortest, Cirque de Gavarnie at 100 km. The highest point is reached on Col du Tourmalet and Luz-Saint-Sauveur, at 2,115 m. The most demanding one rates 4 out of 5 for difficulty.
The season most of them share runs from May to October.
These routes pass through villages such as Barèges, Eaux-Bonnes, Accous, Gèdre, and Arreau. And stop at viewpoints such as Col du Tourmalet, La Mongie / Pic du Midi, Col d'Aubisque, Col du Soulor, Col du Portalet, Gavarnie, Col de Peyresourde, and Col du Portillon.
Routes in French Pyrenees
Col de Peyresourde and Bagnères-de-Luchon
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Foix, Montségur and the Cathar castles of Ariège
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Col du Portalet and Aspe Valley
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Cirque de Gavarnie
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Col d'Aubisque and Vallée d'Ossau
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Col du Tourmalet and Luz-Saint-Sauveur
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Compare every route in French Pyrenees
6 published routes in French Pyrenees, 860 km in total. Each row shows the route's actual figures: distance, riding time, route type, surface, difficulty, cumulative ascent, best season and downloadable GPX track.
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| Route | Distance | Riding time | Type | Surface | Difficulty | Elevation gain | Best season | GPX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col de Peyresourde and Bagnères-de-Luchon | 130 km | 3h 30min | Loop | Tarmac | 3/5 · Moderate | 1,800 m | May to October | Download |
| Foix, Montségur and the Cathar castles of Ariège | 180 km | 4h 30min | Loop | Tarmac | 3/5 · Moderate | 2,000 m | April, May, June, September, October | Download |
| Col du Portalet and Aspe Valley | 150 km | 4h | Loop | Tarmac | 3/5 · Moderate | 2,200 m | May to October | Download |
| Cirque de Gavarnie | 100 km | 3h | Out & back | Tarmac | 3/5 · Moderate | 1,400 m | May to October | Download |
| Col d'Aubisque and Vallée d'Ossau | 160 km | 4h 30min | Loop | Tarmac | 4/5 · Hard | 2,400 m | May to October | Download |
| Col du Tourmalet and Luz-Saint-Sauveur | 140 km | 4h | Loop | Tarmac | 4/5 · Hard | 2,600 m | May to October | Download |