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Col de Portet from Espiaube

8359.9 m · net rise 709.5 m · total ascent 719.6 m · overall 8.5% · evidence quality B (good) · Saint-Lary-Soulan · Hautes-Pyrénées ·

Shape: sustained — 26% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 118 m.

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

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)≈24%11–13 munder overhead cover terrain reads 297.1% at 7292–7294 m across a structure — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)≈20%96–99 munder overhead cover terrain reads 206.1% at 7292–7295 m across a structure — excluded
5 m≈19%96–101 munder overhead cover terrain reads 132.3% at 7291–7296 m across a structure — excluded
10 m≈18%93–103 munder overhead cover terrain reads 66.9% at 7291–7301 m across a structure — excluded
20 m≈16.8%87–107 munder overhead cover terrain reads 34.8% at 7276–7296 m across a structure — excluded
25 m≈16.5%80–105 munder overhead cover terrain reads 28.9% at 7271–7296 m across a structure — excluded
50 m≈14.7%67–117 munder overhead cover terrain reads 16.5% at 7246–7296 m across a structure — excluded
100 m≈12.8%35–135 munder overhead cover terrain reads 13.6% at 16–116 m across a structure — excluded

may start earliermay continue beyond end Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.

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 (2% unpaved), according to BD TOPO®, IGN's national topographic database: unpaved for the first 187 m; paved from 187 m to 8,328 m. The steepest 25 m lies on the unpaved part.

Access: Listed 2026-09-20 (inventory hunt wave 1): road audit — way 245055215: unnamed service way; way 245055215: service way, surface untagged. Never silently ranked or dropped (Peter, 2026-08-27).

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%

  © OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap · aerial imagery © IGN, BD ORTHO® (Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0)

Col de Portet from Espiaube 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).

Col de Portet from Espiaube elevation profile
Col de Portet from Espiaube rolling gradient profile
 

Measurement card

ElevationIGN 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 / CRS0.5 m grid, EPSG:2154; sampled every 1.0 m, bilinear interpolation
TilesE473-N6196, E474-N6196, E475-N6195, E475-N6196, E476-N6195, E476-N6196
Road centrelineOpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)
Quality statusevidence quality B; caveated windows: structure excluded, structure excluded min, texture excluded
AnalysisOCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run fr-pyr2, calculated 2026-09-20

Provenance

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