Less than 30 minutes by car from the Ariège évasion passing through the village of Cabannes you arrive at the Beille plateau.
A tour in Ariège! The Tour de France in Ariège .
The Beille plateau is a Pyrenean mountain range located in the Ariège department. It is located south of the Ariège valley between Tarascon-sur-Ariège and Ax-les-Thermes at less than 10km as the crow flies from the Ariege Evasion campsite. The legendary Beille plateau is located above the villages of the Cabannes, Albiès and Lassur. Road access to the tray (D 522) starts from the Cabannes.
It is the largest Nordic ski area in the Pyrenees. The cross -country ski slopes are placed between 1,800 and 2,000 m altitude, facing the Andorra border crest. For a long time, the set was only a place of breeding, especially cattle from Race Gascon.
The Beille plateau is crossed by the GR10, a large hike path which connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
Since 1998, the ascent from the sheds to the plateau regularly has constituted the final ascent of a stage of the Tour de France. The Ullrich, Pantani, Jalabert, Contador, Rasmunsen, Froome, Pogačar, compete for the victory. The Beille plateau also presents the particularity that many winners of this difficult ascent later won the Tour in Paris.
An arrival at the top which leaves the bias of a zoom such as the Tour de France has radiated the Ariège mountains around the world!
The cyclosportive the Ariégeoise has punctually his arrival in Beille.
Winter the snow falls with a regularity of metronome. The oceanic influence often arrives with meters of snow and if an east return is created on the Mediterranean The tray has a cumulation of more than 10m of snow over the year!
Exceptional snow and cross -country skiing.
In summer the set is the ideal ground for family hikes offering breathtaking 360 ° views of the Ariège massifs.
The athlete of the Beille and children's station in the country is Laure Bosc who passionately supervises biathlon courses on the Beille plateau.
Wildlife:
Pyrenees fauna presents on the Beille plateau: the Grand Tétras and the Lagoped
the GMO and its work on Beille. OGM? Yes to Beille come the agents of the French Biodiversity Office manage and study the great tetras and the lagopèdes. OGM is the acronym for the mountain galliform observatory.
Quitudes areas exist and cannot be crossed. Please respect these protective spaces. Nature is fragile and we have to be its guards.
Bike beille:
Technical sheet of the ascent of myth:
Profile of the rise
Departure: The Cabannes (535 m) Via Pech Arrival: 1,790 m Glass: 1,255 m Length: 15.9 km slope: 7.9 % Off-Category AscensionFormidable ascent with 7.9% slope over 15.9km. Before arriving on the summer pastures the first 12 kilometers rise harsh through the forest. The arrival at the Cabannes does not heat the calves very much. Out of the post office, you will run up to a steep ramp! A wall! The Chateau de Gudanes offers a beautiful rear plan to change your mind. The respite is short -lived, the bitumen becomes more grainy. As the pros say "all on the left" the development of your bike should allow you to maintain balance and the minimum speed ...
The effort is long, intense ...
The passage to the Henri IV fountain is one of the steepest: 9%!
Nothing regular to finish! A little one, always too short, set in front of the Pierrefite shed and two final pins with a softer percentage and it is the arrival at 1800m! The large parking lot where the finish line of the Tour de France is materialized all year round! Yes you did it!
Useful links:
Angaka Nordic village The traine dog base offers dog sled walks all winter. In summer you can do Cani Kart, visit the pack of sled dogs and many other activities.
Ariege Evasion Our guides offer you hikes for half a day or by the day on the Beille set. These mountain professionals introduce you to the natural environment in winter with snow snowshoes.
Every Sunday morning a large market with local products takes place on the Place des Cabannes.
