This early ramp hits 13%, the steepest pitch of the whole climb, so moderate your effort to save your legs
There’s a good chance you haven’t heard of the Col de Couraduque, let alone ridden it. That’s likely true even if you have visited the Hautes Pyrénées to tackle the likes of the nearby Col du Tourmalet. While the latter has been climbed by nearly 26,000 Strava users, only 6,000 have ridden Couraduque. The Tour de France has never been up it.
All of this is a shame because the Col de Couraduque has much to offer – and certainly enough to warrant a place among our Classic Climbs collection. Its 6.4km length may not seem like much, but the stat is misleading because the pretty village at its base, Aucun, sits in a high valley, so
