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Pas du Sant from Escoussens

4390.3 m · net rise 327.7 m · total ascent 359.1 m · overall 7.5% · evidence quality B (good) · Escoussens · Tarn ·

Shape: sustained — 37% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 112 m.

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

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 32% 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?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)≈33%3819–3821 munder overhead cover terrain reads 143.1% at 3146–3148 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)≈32%3817–3820 munder overhead cover terrain reads 141.9% at 3146–3149 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
5 m≈28%3816–3821 munder overhead cover terrain reads 134.2% at 3145–3150 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
10 m≈22%3815–3825 munder overhead cover terrain reads 116.6% at 3144–3154 m across a structure and terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
20 m≈14.8%3807–3827 munder overhead cover terrain reads 95.2% at 3143–3163 m across a structure — excluded
25 m≈14.2%4040–4065 munder overhead cover terrain reads 88.3% at 3138–3163 m across a structure — excluded
50 m≈12.6%1493–1543 munder overhead cover terrain reads 48.4% at 3123–3173 m across a structure — excluded
100 m≈12.2%3965–4065 munder overhead cover terrain reads 30.0% at 3069–3169 m across a structure — 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%

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

Pas du Sant from Escoussens 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).

Pas du Sant from Escoussens elevation profile
Pas du Sant from Escoussens 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
TilesE635-N6264, E635-N6265, E635-N6266, E636-N6264, E636-N6265, E636-N6266
Road centrelineOpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)
Quality statusevidence quality B; caveated windows: canopy or structure, no bench excluded, no bench excluded min, structure excluded, structure excluded min, suppression unstable, texture excluded
AnalysisOCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run fr-mc3, calculated 2026-09-22

Provenance

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