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HC IsèreAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Col du Galibier

Western ascent from Le Clapier

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Length: 42.3 km
Height gain: 1896 m
Average: 4.5%
Steepest km: 10.6%
Summit altitude: 2641 m
Difficulty: 424

Isère · The hardest climb

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Elevation profile

745 m → 2641 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 43 at 10.6%

2 short sections look like survey errors (hatched) — usually a tunnel or a bridge, measured from the terrain above or below the road. They are left out of the steepest-km figure.

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Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 15.0 km
4–6%: 10.5 km
6–8%: 13.8 km
8–10%: 1.8 km
10–14%: 0.5 km
14%+: 0.8 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 23.8–24.8: 10.3%
2 km · km 35.7–37.7: 7.4%
5 km · km 34.1–39.1: 7.0%

Time to the top

2h 38 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

How this is calculated

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km	Altitude	Gain	Gradient	Max
1	870 m	+125 m	12.5% ? Includes a suspected survey error	51.8%
2	892 m	+22 m	2.2% ? Includes a suspected survey error	9.2%
3	964 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.2%
4	986 m	+23 m	2.3%	5.0%
5	952 m	−34 m	−3.4%	17.0%
6	927 m	−25 m	−2.5%	0.6%
7	961 m	+34 m	3.4%	6.4%
8	1018 m	+57 m	5.7%	6.6%
9	1052 m	+34 m	3.4%	14.2%
10	1172 m	+120 m	12.0% ? Includes a suspected survey error	33.6%
11	1067 m	−105 m	−10.5% ? Includes a suspected survey error	5.2%
12	1059 m	−8 m	−0.8%	9.0%
13	1095 m	+36 m	3.6%	9.8%
14	1114 m	+19 m	1.9%	4.6%
15	1135 m	+21 m	2.1%	3.0%
16	1186 m	+51 m	5.1%	6.6%
17	1245 m	+59 m	5.9%	7.0%
18	1298 m	+53 m	5.3%	9.8%
19	1321 m	+23 m	2.3%	9.8%
20	1348 m	+27 m	2.7%	4.2%
21	1388 m	+40 m	4.0%	4.8%
22	1439 m	+51 m	5.1%	7.8%
23	1482 m	+43 m	4.3%	7.2%
24	1516 m	+34 m	3.4%	41.2%
25	1592 m	+77 m	7.7%	30.4%
26	1623 m	+30 m	3.0%	7.4%
27	1685 m	+62 m	6.2%	8.0%
28	1752 m	+67 m	6.7%	7.8%
29	1814 m	+62 m	6.2%	8.2%
30	1866 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.6%
31	1929 m	+63 m	6.3%	7.5%
32	1990 m	+61 m	6.1%	7.0%
33	2020 m	+31 m	3.1%	6.0%
34	2067 m	+46 m	4.6%	7.2%
35	2137 m	+70 m	7.0%	8.6%
36	2208 m	+71 m	7.1%	8.4%
37	2281 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.2%
38	2353 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.6%
39	2417 m	+64 m	6.4%	8.6%
40	2479 m	+62 m	6.2%	7.2%
41	2534 m	+55 m	5.5%	6.8%
42	2609 m	+75 m	7.5%	10.2%
43	2641 m	+32 m	10.6%	16.0%

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About Col du Galibier

How long and how steep?: From Le Clapier, Col du Galibier is 42.3 km long and climbs 1,896 m at an average of 4.5%, to a summit at 2,641 m. Its last kilometre is the steepest, at 10.6%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 2 h 38 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 2 h 05 min (70 kg rider, 8 kg bike, no wind).
What category is it?: It's an HC (hors catégorie) climb, with a difficulty score of 424.
Where is it?: It's in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

How hard is 424?

Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.

Caminho do Comboio, Funchal 426

Pico de las Nieves, Ingenio 425

Col du Galibier, Le Clapier 424

Fujiyama via Subashiri 423

Cima Blockhaus via Passo Lanciano, Lettomanopello 423

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