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Col de l'Espinouse from Fagairolles

6593.0 m · net rise 267.5 m · total ascent 283.6 m · overall 4.1% · evidence quality U (needs confirmation) · Castanet-le-Haut · Hérault · share

Shape: sustained — 37% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 50 m.

Not yet matched against documented climbs — the measurement stands on its own.

needs review short window divergence — treat short-window maxima here as provisional.

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 28% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain — the flag does not say whether the true value is higher or lower. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

Window	Maximum	Located at
2 m (diagnostic)	≈31%	5689–5691 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 43.5% at 4321–4323 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)	≈26%	5688–5691 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 40.3% at 4321–4324 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
5 m	≈21%	5686–5691 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 33.6% at 4320–4325 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
10 m	≈12%	3994–4004 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 21.7% at 4320–4330 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
20 m	≈11.3%	1771–1791 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 16.3% at 4312–4332 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
25 m	≈11.2%	1771–1796 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 14.5% at 4307–4332 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
50 m	≈10.7%	1757–1807 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 12.6% at 4282–4332 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
100 m	≈10.1%	4390–4490 m	under overhead cover terrain reads 11.0% at 4232–4332 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded

Map

Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap

This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.

Surface: paved throughout, according to BD TOPO®, IGN's national topographic database.

Measured, not vetted. This page records what the laser record shows about the road's shape — nothing more. Nobody has necessarily ridden or inspected this road for the survey, and a page here is not a recommendation and no guarantee that the road is open, surfaced, rideable or safe. Gates, private sections, missing rights of way and hazards do not show up in elevation data. Check access and conditions on the ground and make your own judgment.

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Route colour = gradient over a 25 m window: <10% 10–20% 20–25% ≥25%

Col de l'Espinouse from Fagairolles LiDAR hillshade map with contours

Profile

The map, profile and gradient chart share one position — move your pointer over them and the marker follows. Colors are the gradient bands; the shaded span is the steepest 25 m. Any 25 m figure is good to about a point either way (why).

Measurement card

Elevation	IGN LiDAR HD MNT 0.5 m — LiDAR HD — MNT (sol) et MNS (surface), 0,50 m (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière), RGF93 / Lambert-93 EPSG:2154, altitudes IGN69
Resolution / CRS	0.5 m grid, EPSG:2154; sampled every 1.0 m, bilinear interpolation
Tiles	E693-N6283, E693-N6284, E693-N6286, E693-N6287, E694-N6283, E694-N6284, E694-N6285, E694-N6286, E694-N6287, E695-N6283, E695-N6284
Road centreline	OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)
Quality status	evidence quality U; review flags: short window divergence
Analysis	OCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run fr-mc4, calculated 2026-09-22

Provenance

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