Cirque de Troumouse
D922Gèdre to Cirque de Troumouse · Hautes-Pyrénées
Distance3.6mi · 5.8 km
Drive time9 minon the road
DifficultyDemanding
MountainValley
A toll-gated switchback climb to the rim of a vast Pyrenean glacial cirque.
From near Gèdre the D922 climbs past Héas to the lip of the Cirque de Troumouse, the largest glacial amphitheatre in the French Pyrenees. The upper section is a ladder of very tight switchbacks on a narrow shelf, finishing above 2,000 metres at a high pastoral bowl ringed by 3,000 metre peaks. It is single-track in places with passing only at the bends, so progress is slow. Mind the very tight blind hairpins, wandering livestock on the open mountain, and the late-spring snow that keeps the upper road shut.
Where it runs
GèdreStart · Hautes-Pyrénées
Cirque de TroumouseEnd · France
Character
Corners30bends
Tightness9of 10
Max gradient13%≈ 1-in-8
Hairpins1tight bends
Climb575 mtotal ascent
Summit1531 mhighest point · 5023 ft
SummerAutumn
Elevation
460 m rangeKnow before you go
- Very tight single-track hairpins
- Free-roaming livestock
- Late snow closures up high
Sources
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