Grimpa

France

Basque villagesfrom Ascain

A 41.6 km loop from Ascain over 2 climbs, up to 177 m: 545 m of climbing in all. Grimpa draws the real road in pixel art, and your smart trainer feels every gradient.

The hardest kilometre is km 2, at 6.0 %. The steepest 200 metres reach 8.8 %.

Part of the Pyrenees & Basque Country map pack: 6 routes for €4.99, kept for good. Every item in it is earned by riding.

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France

Basque villages

from Ascain

41.6km
6 → 177 m
Climbs
2
Climbed
545 m
Steepest
8.8%
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Basque villages in Grimpa: the road from Ascain, drawn in pixel art

The profile

0 km41.6 km

Along the road

  1. Ascainkm 0.0 · 22 m
  2. Col de Saint-Ignacekm 3.0 · 162 m
  3. Sarekm 7.3 · 72 m
  4. Ainhoakm 16.0 · 111 m
  5. Col de Pinodietakm 19.3 · 171 m
  6. Espelettekm 22.6 · 74 m
  7. Souraïdekm 25.4 · 68 m
  8. Saint-Pée-sur-Nivellekm 33.2 · 20 m

Every 2 km

The average gradient of every 2 km stretch, as your trainer will feel it.

KmAltitudeGradient
0–2121 m
4.9 %
2–4169 m
2.4 %
4–686 m
-4.2 %
6–860 m
-1.3 %
8–1044 m
-0.8 %
10–1239 m
-0.2 %
12–1462 m
1.1 %
14–16111 m
2.5 %
16–18120 m
0.4 %
18–20127 m
0.3 %
20–2267 m
-3.0 %
22–2457 m
-0.5 %
24–2675 m
0.9 %
26–2876 m
0.1 %
28–3039 m
-1.9 %
30–3224 m
-0.7 %
32–3418 m
-0.3 %
34–3612 m
-0.3 %
36–3812 m
0.0 %
38–407 m
-0.3 %
40–41.621 m
0.9 %

Built from the real road

Every bend and every gradient is where it is on the mountain: the road and the villages from OpenStreetMap, the land from OpenStreetMap and IGN, the height of every metre from IGN, CNIG, Modelo Digital del Terreno, and Mapterhorn. All open data, listed on the sources page.

What you need

A smart trainer with Bluetooth, or your bike with a power meter, and Chrome or Edge on a computer or an Android phone. Sign in with your email or Google; the ride saves to Strava.

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