Col du Tourmalet from Luz-Saint-Sauveur: elevation profile

Col du Tourmalet from Luz-Saint-Sauveur: 18.8 km uphill, gaining 1,436 m at an average of 7.6%. The profile below is coloured by climb category, with the grade of every kilometre.

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Key figures

Length: 18.8 km
Start altitude: 712 m
Summit altitude: 2,148 m
Height gain, start to summit: 1,436 m
Total climbing: 1,436 m
Average grade: 7.6%
Category (our calculation): HC

Category HC by our calculation (length × average grade), an approximation rather than an official ranking.

What the profile shows

The steepest kilometres are around km 19; the grade eases most around km 15. The grade stays close from one half to the other (7.2% then 8.1%). The last 3 kilometres average 9.9%.

Estimated grade per km

km 14.9%
km 26.1%
km 38.5%
km 46.7%
km 58.5%
km 66%
km 78.1%
km 88.1%
km 97.9%
km 106.2%
km 117.6%
km 128%
km 136.7%
km 148.6%
km 154.3%
km 169.4%
km 177.5%
km 1810.1%
km 19 (800 m)12.5%

Profile calculated from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus terrain model: length and altitude may differ by a few tens of metres, and the kilometre-by-kilometre grades are estimates.

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