Climbed Hautacam this morning.

It was a beautiful morning with clear blue skies. I left straight after breakfast to climb to Col du Tramassel. This climb is the dead-end at the summit after Hautacam, it is another 1.5km further up. At 16km at 8% average, this is one of the hardest climbs there is, it is only beaten locally by the Col du Tourmalet and then only because the Tourmalet is longer. There is a Cafe at the summit and the view is magnificent .

View from Col du Tramassel, across the Lavedan valley to the Val d'Azun.

View from Col du Tramassel, across the Lavedan valley to the Val d’Azun. I have put on labels showing the location of some of the better known climbs in the Val d’Azun.

It was hot in Saint Savin this afternoon.

This afternoon temperatures got up to 33°c.

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