page_title: Col du Tourmalet
hierarchical_section_title: Col du Tourmalet
context_page_description: Col du Tourmalet is the highest paved mountain pass in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. The village of Barèges lies on the western side, above the town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur.
context_section_description: Col du Tourmalet  ([tuʁmalɛ]; elevation 2,115 m (6,939 ft)) is the highest paved mountain pass in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. The village of Barèges lies on the western side, above the town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur.
caption: View from the Col du Tourmalet to its western side
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