Pic du Costabonne par les Combes

A power-hike climb above Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste in Occitanie. The hardest 500 metres average 28.6% and start 1.3 km in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. Facing southeast, it catches the morning sun and loses its snow earlier than most. Most runners need 35 to 59 minutes. At 10.0 TEP it is harder than 79% of the climbs in the catalogue. Mostly on trail.