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#1 | Pyrenees at Easter? datum

Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:18 pm

Hi folks,

I was planning a summer bike tour this year, but those plans have been somewhat scuppered, and it's looking like the only time I'll be able to get away will be over the Easter holidays, so mid-April.

I was also originally planning to do the Pyrenees again, since my last trip there in 2017 was so epic, but I wonder if it's the best time of year to go. I gather that some of the higher passes will still be snowed in at that time of year, and there could be quite a bit of rain on the French side.

Does anyone have any experience of visiting the area at that time of year?

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#2 | RE: Pyrenees at Easter? datum

Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:31 pm

Just be flexible - go west or south if the weather is not nice. As I found in Provence in 2017, north facing slopes are often still iced up at Easter. I got to the top of Mont Ventoux but had to go up & down the south side as the north facing side was still closed.

Have a look at this for an idea http://helloriders.es/ruta-moto/2215_el-...uertos-en-700km

Scroll down for other parts of Spain. There are a lot of really good roads at lower altitudes.

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#3 | RE: Pyrenees at Easter? datum

Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:49 pm

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2
Just be flexible - go west or south if the weather is not nice. As I found in Provence in 2017, north facing slopes are often still iced up at Easter. I got to the top of Mont Ventoux but had to go up & down the south side as the north facing side was still closed.

Have a look at this for an idea http://helloriders.es/ruta-moto/2215_el-...uertos-en-700km

Scroll down for other parts of Spain. There are a lot of really good roads at lower altitudes.

Thanks Wessie. Turns out the whole thing might end up getting pushed back to the end of summer instead, so I may have jumped the gun a little...

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2015 R1200RS
2016 S1000R (Wife's)

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#4 | RE: Pyrenees at Easter? datum

Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:22 am

I went in late September last year - headed south from Santander into Picos, over to Porto then back to San Sebastian via Leon. 2 days in Bilbao at the end then ferry home on 2nd Oct. A good time to go, temperature in mid 30s in Portugal, cooler in Bilbao, needed a jumper! All good apart from Bilbao which was dull. Took a day trip into Basque Pyrenees. Going back this year to focus on the N260 & Pyrenees.

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