The Col d’Aubisque (1,709m) is a medium mountain pass in the French Pyrenees. The climb is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France and connects the towns of Laruns in the west and Argelès-Gazos in the east.
There are two ways to ascend the Col d’Aubisque,
- From Argelès-Gazos, via Col du Soulor (east)
- From Laruns (west)
Starting point : Argelès-Gazost
Argelès-Gazost is located east of Col d’Aubisque.
The climb from Argelès-Gazost to Col d’Aubisque will take you through the summit of Col du Soulour (1,474m). From the summit of Col du Soulor, it’s another 9.7km to the top of Col d’Aubisque.
It’s a very long climb from Argelès-Gazost at 29.7km, averaging 4.2%. Once you have climbed Col du Soulor, there is a short 2.5km descent before the summit of Col d’Aubisque starts.
| Col d’Aubisque from Argelès-Gazost | |
|---|---|
| Distance | 29.7km |
| Climb category | HC |
| Elevation gain | 1,415m |
| Minimum elevation | 445m |
| Maximum elevation | 1,692m |
| Average gradient | 4.2% |
| Maximum gradient | 13.4% |
| Strava segment | Col d’Aubisque from Argelès-Gazost |
Starting point : Laruns
Larus is west of Col d’Aubisque, and the climb from here is 16.8km long and averages 6.9%. Once summiting Col d’Aubisque, you can continue straight towards Col du Soulor.
It’s 7km of descent, followed by 2.5km of climbing.
| Col d’Aubisque from Laruns | |
|---|---|
| Distance | 16.8km |
| Climb category | HC |
| Elevation gain | 1,172m |
| Minimum elevation | 520m |
| Maximum elevation | 1,684m |
| Average gradient | 6.9% |
| Maximum gradient | 15.6% |
| Strava segment | Col d’Aubisque from Laruns |
Col d’Aubisque in the Tour de France
Col d’Aubisque is an Hors Catégorie (HC) climb from both the east (Argelès-Gazos) and the west (Laruns). It ranks joint-second with Col d’Aspin for the most Tour de France appearances (73), behind only the Col du Tourmalet (88).
Col d’Aubisque first featured in 1910 and as recently as Stage 18 in 2022, where Jonas Vingegaard won the stage atop the Hautacam.
| Year | Stage | Category | Start | Finish | First to summit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | HC | Lourdes | Hautacam | Giulio Ciccone |
| 2018 | 19 | HC | Lourdes | Laruns | Rafał Majka |
| 2012 | 16 | HC | Pau | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Thomas Voeckler |
| 2011 | 13 | HC | Pau | Lourdes | Jérémy Roy |
| 2010 | 16 | HC | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Christophe Moreau |
| 2005 | 16 | HC | Mourenx | Pau | Cadel Evans |
| 2002 | 11 | HC | Pau | La Mongie | Laurent Jalabert |
| 2000 | 10 | 2 | Dax | Hautacam | Javier Otxoa |
| 1999 | 16 | 1 | Lannemezan | Pau | Alberto Elli |
| 1998 | 10 | HC | Pau | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Cédric Vasseur |
| 1996 | 17 | 1 | Argelès-Gazost | Pamplona | Neil Stephens |
| 1995 | 16 | 2 | Tarbes | Pau | Stage neutralised |
| 1993 | 17 | 1 | Tarbes | Pau | Claudio Chiappucci |
| 1991 | 13 | HC | Jaca | Val-Louron | Guido Winterberg |
| 1990 | 17 | HC | Lourdes | Pau | Óscar Vargas |
| 1989 | 9 | HC | Pau | Cauterets | Miguel Induráin |
| 1987 | 14 | HC | Pau | Luz-Ardiden | Thierry Claveyrolat |
| 1985 | 18b | HC | Laruns | Pau | Reynel Montoya |
| 1983 | 10 | HC | Pau | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Lucien Van Impe |
| 1982 | 12 | 1 | Fleurance | Pau | Beat Breu |
| 1980 | 13 | HC | Pau | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Maurice Le Guilloux |
| 1977 | 2 | 1 | Auch | Pau | Hennie Kuiper |
| 1976 | 15 | 1 | Saint-Lary-Soulan | Pau | Wladimiro Panizza |
| 1972 | 7 | 1 | Bayonne | Pau | Wilfried David |
| 1971 | 16 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Gourette | Bernard Labourdette |
| 1970 | 19 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Mourenx | Raymond Delisle |
| 1969 | 17 | 1 | La Mongie | Mourenx | Eddy Merckx |
| 1968 | 12 | 1 | Pau | Saint-Gaudens | Julio Jiménez |
| 1967 | 17 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Jean-Claude Theilliere |
| 1966 | 10 | 1 | Bayonne | Pau | Tommaso De Pra |
| 1965 | 9 | 1 | Dax | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Julio Jiménez |
| 1964 | 16 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Federico Bahamontes |
| 1963 | 10 | 1 | Pau | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Federico Bahamontes |
| 1961 | 17 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Eddy Pauwels |
| 1960 | 10 | 1 | Mont-de-Marsan | Pau | Graziano Battistini |
| 1958 | 13 | 1 | Dax | Pau | Federico Bahamontes |
| 1957 | 18 | 1 | Saint-Gaudens | Pau | Jean Dotto |
| 1956 | 11 | 1 | Bayonne | Pau | Valentin Huot |
| 1955 | 18 | 1 | Saint-Gaudens | Pau | Charly Gaul |
| 1954 | 11 | 1 | Bayonne | Pau | Federico Bahamontes |
| 1953 | 10 | 1 | Pau | Cauterets | Jesus Lorono |
| 1952 | 18 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Pau | Fausto Coppi |
| 1951 | 13 | 1 | Dax | Tarbes | Raphaël Géminiani |
| 1950 | 11 | 1 | Pau | Saint-Gaudens | Jean Robic |
| 1949 | 11 | 1 | Pau | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Fausto Coppi |
| 1948 | 7 | 1 | Biarritz | Lourdes | Bernard Gauthier |
| 1947 | 15 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Jean Robic |