Route des Espécières
A run-hike climb above Gavarnie in Occitanie. The hardest 500 metres average 20.4% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 23 to 39 minutes. At 2.1 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. East-facing, so it takes the morning sun and is in shade by the afternoon. On the SAC scale it is mountain hiking, with uneven ground that asks for some care. The nearest named summit, serre des Tousaus at 1,783 m, is 249 m away.
- TEP
- 2.1
- Climb
- +300 m
- Distance
- 3.1 km
- Average grade
- 9.8%
- Time
- 23 to 39 min
Climbs nearby
- Pic de Lary, 3.2 km at 18.9% (0.3 km away)
- Gavarnie NE climb, 4.1 km at 11.8%, Occitanie (1.5 km away)
- Gavarnie W climb, 1.0 km at 36.8%, Occitanie (1.5 km away)
- la Haute Route Pyrénéenne - 4 Étapes, 4.6 km at 11.1% (1.5 km away)
- le Sentier du Gypaète, 1.3 km at 22.5%, Gavarnie (1.8 km away)
- Gavarnie W climb, 3.9 km at 16.7%, Occitanie (2 km away)
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