![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse panoramic view of Pyranees mountains]()
Cycling Cirque de Troumouse
Ride 26.8 kilometers gaining 1,454 meters at 5.2% average grade.
The Troumouse climb is in the Pyrenees mountain range of southwest Europe and forms the natural border between France and Spain. Along with the French Alps, the Pyrenees are annually host to the mountain stages of the Tour de France.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse photo collage shows PJAMM Cyclist on Cycling Cirque de Troumouse climb, Pyrenees mountains, sheep grazing on roadside]()
Climb summary by PJAMM dear friend and ambassador Erwan Treguiar of Brittany, France.
Cirque de Troumouse is a very scenic bike climb located in the climbing area of Argeles Gazost - Luz Saint Sauveur in the western French Pyrenees south of Lourdes. There have been no tour finishes (the climb ends at a parking lot and trailhead for the Cirque de Troumouse trail). The Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne or HPR (trail across the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean) crosses at the finish of this bike climb.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse photo collage shows road signs along the route, bike parked against stone retaining wall]()
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse photo collage shows PJAMM Cyclists riding on beautiful mountain roadway, great road condition]()
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse Turn to Barrage et Lac des Gloriettes at kilometer 17.2.]()
Turn onto Barrage et Lac des Gloriettes at kilometer 17.2.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse Chapelle de Heas and Auberge de La Munia]()
Chapelle de Heas and Auberge de La Munia at kilometer 19.2.
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![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse Auberge du Maillet]()
Auberge du Maillet at kilometer 23.8.
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![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse sheep lay in roadway as tractor passes them by; road sign warns of no campters, cars, bikes, etc.]()
As with its neighbor, Col de Tentes, this route is through sheep country, but . . .
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse three horned cattle lay in green grass on hillside]()
. . . sheep don’t own the place . . .
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse photo collage shows hairpin turns on the way to top of climb]()
Nine hairpins for 1.4 kilometers at 9% beginning two kilometers from the top.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse scenic views show sheep grazing in green grass on hillside, Pyrenees mountains]()
View back down the mountain near the top.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse climb finish just below Cirque de Troumouse, stone building, green hillsides]()
Finish just below Cirque de Troumouse.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse gorgeous stone bridge, Pont Napoléon Saut à l'élastique]()
Pont Napoléon Saut à l'élastique
One of the greatest bridges we have encountered while documenting bike climbs throughout the world . . .
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse Pont Napoléon Saut à l'élastique bridge crossing the Gavarnie river]()
The Napoleon Bridge crosses the river Gavarnie.
If you ride from Argeles Gazost (as we did) or Luz Saint Sauveur, you will ride past this epic bridge.
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse Pont Napoléon Saut à l'élastique as seen from afar, crossing the Gavarnie river]()
![Cycling Cirque de Troumouse bike parked on small wooden bridge crossing over small stream with crystal blue water]()
From Luz Saint Sauveur, we follow the gorge and River Gavarnie for 10 kilometers, then split from it in Gèdre. Thereafter we cross streams Heas, Aguila, and Maillet on our way to the top.
Three other exceptional bicycle climbs that begin near that start in Luz Saint Sauveur are:
![Station de Ski de Luz Ardiden]()
Luz Ardiden.
![Station de Ski de Luz Ardiden]()
Col du Tourmalet.
![Station de Ski de Luz Ardiden]()
Col de Tentes.