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HC IsèreAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Col du Galibier via el Lautaret

Western ascent from Bourg-d'Oisans

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Length: 46.7 km
Height gain: 1918 m
Average: 4.1%
Steepest km: 9.4%
Summit altitude: 2641 m
Difficulty: 400

Isère · 37 climbs

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Bourg-d'Oisans 46.7 km, 4.1% average, 1918 m height gain
Le Clapier 42.3 km, 4.5% average, 1896 m height gain
Briançon 34.8 km, 4.0% average, 1375 m height gain
Saint Michel de Maurienne 34.8 km, 5.5% average, 1914 m height gain
Saint Chaffrey 32.2 km, 4.0% average, 1303 m height gain
Le Monêtier-les-Bains 21.5 km, 5.3% average, 1148 m height gain
Valloire 17.6 km, 6.9% average, 1213 m height gain
Lautaret 8.6 km, 6.8% average, 584 m height gain

Elevation profile

721 m → 2641 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 47 at 9.4%

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%: 18.8 km
4–6%: 11.3 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 28.3–29.3: 10.2%
2 km · km 40.1–42.1: 7.4%
5 km · km 38.5–43.5: 7.0%

Time to the top

2h 46 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	723 m	0 m	0.0%	0.3%
2	725 m	+2 m	0.2%	1.0%
3	726 m	+1 m	0.1%	0.6%
4	736 m	+10 m	1.0%	4.5%
5	796 m	+59 m	5.9%	10.0%
6	863 m	+67 m	6.7% ? Includes a suspected survey error	53.0%
7	935 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.8%
8	988 m	+53 m	5.3%	7.8%
9	960 m	−28 m	−2.8%	2.0%
10	934 m	−26 m	−2.6%	16.8%
11	941 m	+7 m	0.7%	6.4%
12	993 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.4%
13	1043 m	+50 m	5.0%	14.4%
14	1168 m	+125 m	12.5% ? Includes a suspected survey error	35.0%
15	1082 m	−87 m	−8.7% ? Includes a suspected survey error	22.2%
16	1066 m	−16 m	−1.6%	1.4%
17	1085 m	+19 m	1.9%	9.8%
18	1106 m	+21 m	2.1%	5.0%
19	1128 m	+21 m	2.1%	4.4%
20	1161 m	+34 m	3.4%	6.0%
21	1224 m	+62 m	6.2%	7.0%
22	1268 m	+45 m	4.5%	7.0%
23	1315 m	+46 m	4.6%	9.8%
24	1333 m	+19 m	1.9%	3.0%
25	1372 m	+39 m	3.9%	4.8%
26	1413 m	+40 m	4.0%	6.0%
27	1472 m	+59 m	5.9%	7.6%
28	1542 m	+70 m	7.0%	41.2%
29	1581 m	+40 m	4.0%	30.2%
30	1597 m	+16 m	1.6%	18.6%
31	1657 m	+60 m	6.0%	7.8%
32	1724 m	+67 m	6.7%	7.8%
33	1785 m	+61 m	6.1%	7.0%
34	1848 m	+63 m	6.3%	8.2%
35	1901 m	+53 m	5.3%	6.6%
36	1968 m	+67 m	6.7%	7.4%
37	2016 m	+49 m	4.9%	6.0%
38	2054 m	+37 m	3.7%	7.0%
39	2107 m	+54 m	5.4%	8.6%
40	2177 m	+70 m	7.0%	8.4%
41	2250 m	+74 m	7.4%	8.4%
42	2325 m	+74 m	7.4%	8.6%
43	2385 m	+60 m	6.0%	8.0%
44	2453 m	+68 m	6.8%	8.6%
45	2512 m	+59 m	5.9%	7.2%
46	2573 m	+61 m	6.1%	10.2%
47	2641 m	+68 m	9.4%	11.6%

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About Col du Galibier via el Lautaret

How long and how steep?: From Bourg-d'Oisans, Col du Galibier via el Lautaret is 46.7 km long and climbs 1,918 m at an average of 4.1%, to a summit at 2,641 m. Its last kilometre is the steepest, at 9.4%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 2 h 46 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 2 h 12 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 400.
Where is it?: It's in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

How hard is 400?

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

Torre (Serra da Estrela), Sandomil 403

Collado de Basibé por Castanesa, Noales 400

Col du Galibier via el Lautaret, Bourg-d'Oisans 400

Mont Ventoux, Bédoin 398

Pico Ruivo do Paul, Porto Moniz 398

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