| Beautiful scenery |
| 15 hairpin turns |
| #20 toughest climb of Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| #16 most elevation gain of Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| #26 longest climb of Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Col de la Hourcère / Col d'Issarbe is a climb in the region French Pyrenees. It is 13.2km long and bridges 1034 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 957. The top of the ascent is located at 1425 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 2 reviews of this climb and uploaded 9 photos.
Road name: D632
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Did a loop from my house in Eysus that included Col du Soudet. Col de la Hourciere was in the’23 TdF. Very quiet climb leading you into the mountains. A right turn at the top of Soudet, you can capture La Pierre St Martin. I chose a left then down the Col de Blayes into Lourdios. Avoid this climb (or decent) for now due to recent chip and seal but a stunning valley nonetheless.
A very nice col to do, the Col de la Hourcere.
The road surface of the col is fine, 2 lanes, and I had the road pretty much to myself, only a handful of cyclists and motorists encountered. So you can focus on yourself here.
Nice fairly even climb with lots of bends. Very nice in the descent!
You do ride through the forest for at least 80％, only at the top do you get the nice views, in my case I got above the low hanging clouds, so I rode the last part fully in the sun.
When I rode it (08/22) there was a lot of loose gravel on the road in the run-up to the col (so the front part), probably from recent street repairs. But the part of the col itself did not bother me.
Erg leuke col om te doen, de Col de la Hourcere.
Het wegdek van de col is prima, 2 baans, en ik had de weg zo ongeveer voor mezelf, een handvol fietsers en automobilisten tegengekomen. Dus je kunt je hier prima op jezelf focussen.
Mooie vrij gelijkmatige klim met veel bochten. In de afdaling erg leuk!
Je rijdt wel voor zeker 80％ door het bos, pas boven komen de mooie uitzichten, in mijn geval kwam ik boven de laaghangende bewolking uit, dus het laatste stuk volop in de zon gereden.
Toen ik em reed (08/22) lag er in de aanloop naar de col (dus het voorstuk) wel erg veel losse kiezels op de weg, waarschijnlijk van recente straatreparaties. Maar het stuk van de col zelf hier geen last van gehad.
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