Pla de Laspeyres from Aston is a climb in the region Ariège. It is 20.9km long and bridges 1162 vertical meters with an average gradient of 5.6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 849. The top of the ascent is located at 1699 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 3 reviews of this climb and uploaded 9 photos.
Road name: D520A
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The climb is pleasant because it's on a small road, it's magnificent and it's quiet! On the other hand, the difficulty is there, especially over the last few kilometres before the Laparan dam, with a wall to climb and the view of the dam from the very bottom, which can be discouraging. But the finish is worth it 1,000 times over - it's magnificent! The way back down is inevitably via the same route, which is a shame because it's hard to get down on a small road and you have to brake a lot. I'll do it again!
La montée est agréable car sur petite route, c'est magnifique et c'est tranquille ! Par contre la difficulté est là surtout sur les derniers km avant le barrage de Laparan avec un mur à gravir, avec la vue sur la barrage où on est tout en bas ça peut être décourageant. Mais l'arrivée vaut le coup 1000 fois c'est magnifique !!! La redescente est forcément par le même chemin, dommage car dur de descendre sur petite route, obligé de freiner beaucoup. Je le referai !!
a magical single lane route up. relaxing until the 1st étang and the patches of gravel after that meant taking care. at the 2nd étang, the winds were ferocious so that together w the steep gradient, it was really hard work. last 4km are steep. misleading ave gradient last 3 kms due to short sections of downhill in there! wonderful twisty descent (just gotta watch the gravel). overall a stunning ride.
a magical single lane route up. relaxing until the 1st dam and the patches of gravel after that meant taking care. at the 2nd dam, the winds were ferocious so that together w the steep gradient, it was really hard work. last 4km are steep. misleading ave gradient last 3 kms due to short sections of downhill in there! wonderful twisty descent (just gotta watch the gravel). overall a stunning ride.
A hidden gem for good reason. The gradients change every metre making it a tricky climb. After 17km there is a wall of about 1.3km a 11％. This really hurts. After you cross a wild grid after 19km, it goes up steeply for another km or 2 after which you end up at a car park. There you have a great view. Unfortunately, you will have to descend the same way back again.
Met recht een verborgen parel te noemen. De stijgingspercentages wisselen elke meter waardoor het een lastige klim is. Na 17km volgt een muur van ca 1,3km a 11％. Dat doet echt pijn. Nadat je na 19km een wildrooster oversteekt gaat het nog een km of 2 stevig omhoog waarna je op een parkeerplaats uitkomt. Daar heb je een schitterend uitzicht. Helaas zul je wel weer dezelfde weg terug moeten afdalen.
| 7 km/h | 02:59:08 |
| 11 km/h | 01:54:00 |
| 15 km/h | 01:23:36 |
| 19 km/h | 01:05:59 |
