This Super Randonnée visits the Eastern Pyrénées: Ariège, Aude, and in the end, the Haute-Garonne and the Pyrénées-Orientales.

The start place is Foix, located south of Toulouse, close to the borders with Spain and Andorra. Regional trains run north from Foix station to Toulouse, and south to Latour de Carol station, near the Spanish border, where there is a direct connection with the Barcelona regional train service. There is also a direct sleeper train service between Paris and Latour-de-Carol (then Barcelona), with a stop in Foix (the line Paris-Austerlitz <–> Latour-de-Carol).

The Super Randonnée is eight-shaped, with a passage near Foix after 250 km. This may be helpful for riders hesitating to tackle a 600 km loop without support.

The riders navigate between high mountains (highest point: Port de Pailhères, 2001 m) and the Cathar country. The passes are sometimes steep, and difficulties arise where you least expect them. You will ride mainly on small, rough paved roads. A secret and tough SR. Very beautiful, very varied, very wild. It was opened in 2013, on a proposal from François Goas.

General Information

Route on Openrunner

Cue Sheet (Road-book)

Photo Control Places

Road Information

Ariège (09)

Aude (11)

Haute-Garonne (31)

Pyrénées-Orientales (66) - no online map available - check roads on ViaMichelin

List of rallies

Maps

Géoportail (topographic maps of France by IGN, Institut Géographique National)

Topographic maps of France by IGN can also be viewed on Openrunner (a service requiring a subscription of 13 euros per year)

Viamichelin (Michelin maps of France)

Landscapes of the SR de l'Ours Cathare