Gloves in the Pyrenees this August

[dragon72]

Do I take a risk and go fingerless? Or will I regret it on some of the descents? We're talking mid-August. I'm planning heights such as the Tourmalet and Aubisque cols.
I'm asking because I once descended fingerless from Lautaret to La Grave in France in early July and it took 45 mins to get feeling back in my gelated digits after a cold descent. But that was the only time I needed fingered gloves on the whole of a trip that included umpteen 1,000m+ cols.
Est-ce que je prends le risque?

 

[Cathryn]

Non.

We did some of the lower Alpine passes in May and some of the descents were freezing even with long gloves on. They weigh nothing...ne prends pas le risque...

 

[Dayvo]

Warm hands are a cyclists best friend!

Take them!

 

[dragon72]

Les gants longs, alors!
Long goves it is, then!
Merci!

 

[Cathryn]

You'll be singing 'Je ne regrette rien' down the Tourmalet

 

[ASC1951]

Normally you will be just fine, but the weather at 1500m and above can vary from hour to hour. You can survive 0deg on the body for quite a while, but not on the hands. You don't need full winter gloves, just something to keep the wind off for half an hour. I use a pair of thin running gloves over my mitts.