The Ariège cols
Foix → Péguère → Col de Port → Lers → Agnes → Aulus · 150 km
- Distance
- 150 km
A full day over the classic Ariège cols. From Foix up over the Mur de Péguère to Massat, on via the Port de Lers and the Étang de Lers over the Col d'Agnes down to Aulus-les-Bains for a soak or the Cascade d'Ars waterfall. Home via the Col de Port, with Mont Valier to the west all the way. Narrow roads – allow plenty of time.
Stops along the way
FoixA town with a castle, very charming – a favourite
Col de PéguèreThe Mur's steepest metres above Foix- Port de Lers & Étang de LersA mountain lake and free-roaming horses above Massat
- Col d'AgnesA high-mountain road between Lers and Aulus
- Aulus-les-BainsA spa village at the end of the valley
- Cascade d'ArsOne of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Pyrenees
Col de PortThe col between Tarascon and Massat
Mont ValierThe Couserans' legendary mountain
Road trips
- The reverse queen stage330 km · Pau → Saint-Girons over five cols
- The inland road Biarritz → Perpignan520 km · The E80 along the mountains, then through Ariège and Cathar country
- The Cathar loop230 km · Foix → Carcassonne via the castles
- Hot springs of the Cerdagne120 km · Ax → Dorres → Llo → Saint-Thomas
- Côte Vermeille45 km · Argelès → Cerbère along the red coast
- Béziers and the Canal du Midi40 km · A day along the canal
- The waterfall loop190 km · Cauterets → Gavarnie → Troumouse → Luchon
- TdF 2026, stage 4180 km · Carcassonne → Foix, 7 July 2026