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HC Aosta Valley, Italy

Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard

South-eastern ascent — the hardest of the 2 ways up

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Length: 29.0 km
Height gain: 1873 m
Average: 6.5%
Steepest km: 22.9%
Summit altitude: 2470 m
Difficulty: 726

Italy · 3rd of the five hardest

2 ways up · this is the hardest Compare all 2

Aosta 34.5 km, 5.4% average, 1876 m height gain
South-eastern ascent 29.0 km, 6.5% average, 1873 m height gain

Elevation profile

594 m → 2470 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 24 at 22.9%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 8.5 km
4–6%: 6.2 km
6–8%: 9.3 km
8–10%: 0.8 km
10–14%: 0.8 km
14%+: 3.5 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 23.0–24.0: 23.0%
2 km · km 22.5–24.5: 22.0%
5 km · km 21.4–26.4: 15.7%

Time to the top

2h 18 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	647 m	+50 m	5.0%	7.0%
2	699 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.6%
3	743 m	+45 m	4.5%	5.8%
4	793 m	+50 m	5.0%	6.0%
5	850 m	+57 m	5.7%	7.8%
6	872 m	+22 m	2.2%	5.4%
7	914 m	+42 m	4.2%	14.6%
8	966 m	+52 m	5.2%	22.0%
9	1025 m	+59 m	5.9%	7.2%
10	1089 m	+63 m	6.3%	7.8%
11	1147 m	+58 m	5.8%	7.0%
12	1181 m	+34 m	3.4%	7.0%
13	1204 m	+23 m	2.3%	34.2%
14	1220 m	+15 m	1.5%	3.8%
15	1254 m	+34 m	3.4%	10.8%
16	1262 m	+8 m	0.8%	8.4%
17	1325 m	+64 m	6.4%	9.0%
18	1381 m	+56 m	5.6%	7.0%
19	1447 m	+66 m	6.6%	12.0%
20	1518 m	+72 m	7.2%	11.8%
21	1496 m	−22 m	−2.2%	8.6%
22	1584 m	+88 m	8.8%	15.5%
23	1780 m	+197 m	19.7%	23.0%
24	2010 m	+229 m	22.9%	23.4%
25	2197 m	+187 m	18.7%	22.0%
26	2270 m	+73 m	7.3%	12.4%
27	2343 m	+73 m	7.3%	8.2%
28	2419 m	+76 m	7.6%	15.0%
29	2470 m	+50 m	5.1%	13.3%

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How hard is 726?

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

Pico do Arieiro por Caminho do Trapiche, Funchal 849

Llano de las Animas, Playa de Tinizara 804

Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard 726

Colle del Nivolet, Rosone 689

Passo San Marco, San Giovanni Bianco 621

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