The Wild Road to Col de Jou

Col de Jou is a mountain pass at an elevation of 1.125m (3,690ft) above the sea level located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Col de Jou

The road to the pass is asphalted, but some sections in very bad conditions, almost gravel. Starting from Vernet les Bains, the ascent is 6.3 km long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is 495 meters. The average percentage is 7.9 %.