Col du Tourmalet

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Col du Tourmalet
Picture taken in/from the Tourmalet (French Pyrenees)
Date: Aug-2011
Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Comments: Col du Tourmalet (2,115 m) is the highest road in the central Pyrenees in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. Luz-Saint-Sauveur is at the bottom of the western side. The western side, from Luz-Saint-Sauveur, is 19 km long, climbing 1,404m at an average of 7.4 percent with a maximum of 10.2 near the summit. Starting from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, the climb is 17.2 km, gaining 1,268m, an average 7.4 with a maximum of 10. For more info about this travel see http://www.dxmaps.com/travel/fpyrenees.html

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