Col d’Aubisque East
Col d’Aubisque is 30.9km from Saint Savin
It is 22.9km to the start of the climb, via Col du Solour. The climb is 8km at 3.8% to an altitude of 1709m. It is one of the most beautiful roads in the Pyrenees.
Cafe Col d'Aubisque.
Cirque du Litor, the road to Col d'Aubisque.
Panorama of Cirque du Litor. Click to enlarge.


la Corniche du Cirque de Litor between Col du Soulor and Col d’Aubisque.
It was on this road that Dutch
rider Win Van Est went over the edge in the 1951 Tour de France.

Wim van Est, Col d'Aubisque, 1951, Tour de France.

la Corniche du Cirque de Litor between Col du Soulor and Col d’Aubisque.

la Corniche du Cirque de Litor between Col du Soulor and Col d’Aubisque.

Between Col du Soulor and Col d’Aubisque.

la Corniche du Cirque de Litor between Col du Soulor and Col d’Aubisque


Horses roam free on the Col d’Aubisque, they and their left behinds can be a hazard to fast descending cyclists.
Cirque du Litor
Col d’Aubisque
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Col d’Aubisque.

A giant bike to celebrate the Tour de France stage in 2007.

Col d’Aubisque. Late in the evening the sheep at the bottom of the photo are penned in for the night to protect them from bears.

Ski slopes at Courette






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