Voie verte des Gaves – Bridge over the Gave de Pau loop from Lugagnan

Voie verte des Gaves – Bridge over the Gave de Pau loop from Lugagnan

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Voie verte des Gaves – Bridge over the Gave de Pau loop from Lugagnan

03:09

58.4km

1,160m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc national des Pyrénées (Aire d'adhésion)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.66 km

Voie verte des Gaves

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Great cycling route on an old railway track. Nice no car traffic. Watch out for the poles every now and then.

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4.99 km

The road to Lourdes

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Very beautiful towards Lourdes, with pretty views of the Gave de Pau.

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7.22 km

Bridge over the Gave de Pau

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Pretty iron bridge that straddles the Gave de Pau on the greenway that comes from Lourdes.

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8.84 km

Argeles Gazost

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Beautiful houses.

Argelès-Gazost is a French commune located in the west of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, of which it is a sub-prefecture, in the Occitanie region. It is the central city …

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10.1 km

Argelès-Gazost Town Square

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Cafes, bakeries and bars but also a public toilet and drinking water tap (at the back of the church). The climb to the Azun Valley, Soulor, Aubisque starts here.

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22.9 km

Views of Arrens-Marsous

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Arrens-Marsous is a French town located in the Midi-Pyrénées region, Hautes-Pyrénées department. From this particular point, right at the entrance to the town, you can enjoy incredible views of the …

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29.5 km

La Tachouere - superb terrace and shop 1 min ride from Col du Soulor

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The shop - bar have super nice Cycling T-Shirts available! Made by a local company! And there’s horses grazing all around the terrace !

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36.4 km

Water fountain

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Essential stop to drink water before facing the second section of the Soulor and the km of ascent to the Col d'Aubisque.

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58.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.9 km

14.5 km

700 m

381 m

Surfaces

57.5 km

588 m

381 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

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Comments

June 8, 2024,Col de Soulor auf Route barrée

Directly in Argelès, the road was signposted as a route barrée with an unspecified deviation (diversion). It was only a few steep kilometers later that we realized that this diversion led over the Col du Spandelle and meant an additional 1000 meters of elevation. Our attempt to drive off-road back to the original closed road failed completely. Finally, we drove …

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September 16, 2024,bikepacking pyrenees day 3 pt 1: Lourdes to Aubisque

Three years ago I started cycling in the Northeast of France, expecting to ride to the Southwest in about a month's time. Things did not work out due to extreme weather near Lyon. So I came back the next year but was again stopped by heavy rains before going into the Pyrenees. So in 2024 I finally saw an opportunity …