Puerto de Izpegui (Erratzu)

Start Town	Altitude	Elevation Gain	Length	Gradient	Difficulty	Rating
Erratzu	672m	427m	11.8 km	3.6%	310	***

Climb Description

Puerto de Izpegui (or Ispegui) is a medium mountain climb in the Pyrenees, which straddles the border between France and Spain.

The climb from Erratzu is on the Spanish side, and is the slightly more gentle climb, although neither side has particularly challenging gradients. The scenery is in forest on the lower part of the climb, before it opens up with a series of pleasant hairpins near to the pass.

Puerto de Izpegui is open throughout the year.

Roads & Traffic

The road surface is in very good condition throughout and there is little traffic on the climb.

Alternative Routes

Puerto de Izpegui can also be climbed from the French side, starting in St-Etienne-de-Baigorri.

Nearby Climbs

Col d'Ibardin

Port de Larrau

Col d'Osquich

Ahuski

Col de la Pierre St Martin

Ibañeta

Cycling Holidays

Puerto de Izpegui is an optional route extension on our Pyrenees Coast to Coast cycling holiday.

Find out more below about this and some of the other tours that we currently run in high mountains.