Pierre Saint Martin

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The Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin (Spanish: La Piedra de San Martín ) is at an altitude of 1760m. It is on the border between the French Barétous valley and the Spanish Roncal valley . The French side is in the department of Pyrenees-Atlantiques and the Spanish side is in the region of Navarra.

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There are several routes leading to the Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin from the north, all by the 1540m Col de Soudet. The main route is formed by the D137 starting in the town of Arette . It is 25.8 km long with an altitude gain of 1440m. The middle section is the steepest, over 8 km it gains 750m altitude. The steepest km has an average gradient of 11% with a max of 15%. From the Col de Soudet there are another 3.5 km to the summit at just over 6%. The Arette Pierre saint Martin Ski Station is 3km from the summit, just above Col du Soudet..

Col de la Pierre Saint Martin, at the top of the steep section looking back to Arette and Pau.

Pierre Saint-martin Profile

Le Tour de France has crossed the col only once, on stage 16 in 2007. It was graded as Cat1. The Colombian rider Mauricio Soler was the first over the top, he went on to win the KOM competition overall that year. The Col is hotly tipped to be a Mountain Top Finish of the 2013 or 2014 Tour de France.

On the northern side the Col de Soudet was climbed in 1987 and was graded HC.

Col de la Pierre Saint Martin, looking west from the summit.

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