Shston, it's really alarming and difficult, I know. They had 146K/hr winds there a couple of days ago (the day you crossed), in February 2017 and again in March 2017 . Same when I crossed in September 2015 - people were injured and rescued, and the Napoleon route wasn't closed that day. The only indication not to go up was from Caroline at Bourricot Express. I live in the mountains, and still didn't know that in the Pyrenees at that elevation the winds would be so much worse than down below in town. The day in September 2015, people were sharing stories that they'd seen or heard about evacuations and injuries, but it was hard to get any comprehensive information and I saw nothing online afterwards. That day, many turned back at Hunto and most who tried to go up the hill just after Hunto had to come back down because nobody could move forward into the wind. Twenty of us at least were huddled against an embankment for almost an hour because it was so hard to stand. If I find anything, will post it. So far just seeing old posts about the more recent ones (in French) that aren't specifically about the route Napoleon from Sudouest.fr. I'm so sorry that you and others were in that situation.