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Pass · canton of Ax-les-Thermes

Port de Pailhères

1,963 m6,440 ft
Connects
Coumeille de Séris – Sarrat des Escales
Tonight
0°CLight snow · Wind 13 km/h W

Port de Pailhères is a mountain pass at 1,963 m in canton of Ax-les-Thermes, France. It links Coumeille de Séris and Sarrat des Escales.

All facts
Saddle
1,963 m
Lowest point
1,469 m / 1,540 m
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Pass

Port de Pailhères: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,963 mCoumeille de Séris 1,469 m+494 m · 3.0 kmSarrat des Escales 1,540 m+423 m · 2.8 km

Crossed by: D 25

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Port de Pailhères 3D map

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Topographic map

Port de Pailhères terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Port de Pailhères elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Port de Pailhères weather

Tonight · Light snow · 0°C (32°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 13 km/h W

Port de Pailhères forecast for about 1,963 m.

  • Tonight0°0.4 mm13 km/h W
  • Today0°6°–15 km/h W
  • Sun4°12°5.7 mm22 km/h W
  • Mon3°14°–11 km/h NW
  • Tue5°15°0.7 mm12 km/h N
  • Wed3°10°0.5 mm10 km/h NW
  • Thu4°14°–6 km/h N
  • Fri4°12°–10 km/h NW
  • Sat3°10°1.0 mm10 km/h NW
  • Sun1°5°0.1 mm9 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Port de Pailhères

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Port de Pailhères, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.0 km N

    +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Refuge de l'Orri

    1.3 km SSE · +2 more within 3.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Bivouac possible

    7.1 km SSE · +1 more within 7.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.0 km N
Parking0.4 km W
Parking0.5 km W
Refuge de l'OrriHut1.3 km SSE
Cabane du Prat de la MireHut3.1 km SE
Refuge forestier de LavalHut3.4 km N
Bivouac possibleCampsite7.1 km SSE
Bivouac possibleCampsite7.2 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
22.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
54.3%
Steep, 30–45°
23.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.6%
Steeper than 30°
23.6% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,247 m low point 1,114 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 58.6%Grassland 40.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Port de Pailhères.

NESW1 km3 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Picou de Mounegou2,092 m 1.1 km SW
  2. 2Picaucel2,027 m 1.3 km NNE
  3. 3Pic de Monpudou2,191 m 2.2 km S
  4. 4Canrusc2,132 m 2.2 km SSE
  5. 5Pic de Tarbésou2,364 m 2.4 km SW
  6. 6Pic de la Coumeille de l'Ours2,217 m 2.5 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 469 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fringed Pink15
  • Monk's-hood14
  • Rusty-leaved Alpenrose12
  • Pyrenean Buttercup12
  • Heath spotted orchid11
  • Common Wall Lizard10
Where it sits

Where Port de Pailhères sits

Range
Pyrenees51
Region
France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Pyrenees 6
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Downloads

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-15)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia