Col de la Pierre St Martin

Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin is a mountain pass on the France-Spain border in the western Pyrenees in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Navarra . The climb from the Spanish side was used in the 2007 Tour de France.Close to the summit of the pass, there is the ski station of Arette-Pierre-Saint-Martin.In 2015, on Bastille Day, the tenth leg of the Tour climbed the Col in the other direction, from Arette up to the village of Pierre Saint Martin, which hosted the end of a stage for the first time ever. .Details of the climbThe southern side of the climb, starting from Isaba (Navarra, Spain) is 27km long at an average gradient of 3.6% (height gain – 966m). The final stages of the climb start at Larra Belagua (1026m.) with 14km at 5.2%, with a maximum of 7.4%.The pass is situated south east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Starting from Arette (north east), the climb is 15.3km long gaining 1466m (an average gradient of 5.7%). En route, the climb passes over the Col de Labays (1351m), the Pas de Guilhers (1436m) and the Col du Soudet (1540m).Tour de FranceThe climb from the south featured in 2007 in the Tour de France for the first time on the 218.5km stage 16 from Orthez to Gourette–Col d'Aubisque.