| #21 toughest climb of Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| #100 most elevation gain of France |
| #6 longest climb of Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Col de Soudet from Licq-Athérey is a climb in the region French Pyrenees. It is 23.9km long and bridges 1263 vertical meters with an average gradient of 5.3%, resulting in a difficulty score of 950. The top of the ascent is located at 1533 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 2 photos.
Road names: D 26 & D 113
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The beginning is easy and very rolling, and gradually the gradient gets steeper and steeper, 2％ 3％ 4％ then on leaving the village of St Engrace things suddenly become totally different and it gets extremely hard. Long straights, on a wide road, with gradients of 12-13％. Above all, don't rely on the average percentages written on the signs, because this pass includes many, many small descents which of course lower the average. But you are constantly above 10％ when the road rises. As for me, I must have had a hunger attack because I couldn't go any further with my 1kg jacket on my back ... having done the Ventoux a week before and other passes, this was the one where I had the most trouble by far! I wish you the best of luck and prepare for hell if you don't have good legs or have already covered a lot of kilometres like I did that day!
Le début est facile et très roulant, et petit à petit la pente s'accentue de plus en plus, 2％ 3％ 4％ puis à la sortie du village de St Engrace les choses deviennent brutalement totalement différentes et ça devient extrêmement dur. De longues lignes droites, sur une route large, avec des pentes à 12-13％. Il ne faut surtout pas se fier aux pourcentages moyens écrits sur les panneaux, car ce col comprend de très nombreuses petites descentes qui bien entendu font baisser la moyenne. Mais vous êtes constamment au-dessus des 10％ lorsque la route s'élève. Pour ma part j'ai dû faire une fringale car je n'arrivais plus à avancer avec ma veste d'1 kg dans le dos ... pour avoir fait le Ventoux une semaine auparavant et d'autres cols c'est celui où j'ai eu le plus de mal, et de loin ! Vraiment bon courage et apprêtez-vous à vivre l'enfer si vous n'avez pas de bonnes jambes ou déjà pas mal de km dans les jambes comme moi ce jour-là !
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