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HC SavoyAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Le Chalmieu

Northern ascent from Villargondran

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Length: 28.4 km
Height gain: 1295 m
Average: 4.6%
Steepest km: 10.5%
Summit altitude: 1906 m
Difficulty: 365

Savoy · 64 climbs

Elevation profile

611 m → 1906 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 27 at 10.5%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 8.3 km
4–6%: 1.8 km
6–8%: 11.5 km
8–10%: 3.4 km
10–14%: 3.5 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 24.6–25.6: 10.7%
2 km · km 24.8–26.8: 10.4%
5 km · km 22.6–27.6: 10.0%

Time to the top

1h 58 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	664 m	+53 m	5.3%	7.0%
2	736 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.6%
3	802 m	+66 m	6.6%	9.0%
4	869 m	+67 m	6.7%	9.2%
5	932 m	+63 m	6.3%	7.8%
6	1003 m	+71 m	7.1%	10.4%
7	1069 m	+67 m	6.7%	9.2%
8	1138 m	+68 m	6.8%	8.8%
9	1208 m	+70 m	7.0%	9.0%
10	1277 m	+69 m	6.9%	12.6%
11	1350 m	+73 m	7.3%	8.4%
12	1362 m	+12 m	1.2%	7.0%
13	1397 m	+35 m	3.5%	8.6%
14	1425 m	+28 m	2.8%	12.4%
15	1502 m	+76 m	7.6%	11.2%
16	1517 m	+15 m	1.5%	8.0%
17	1572 m	+55 m	5.5%	10.0%
18	1622 m	+50 m	5.0%	10.6%
19	1535 m	−87 m	−8.7%	0.0%
20	1465 m	−70 m	−7.0%	0.2%
21	1428 m	−37 m	−3.7%	3.8%
22	1359 m	−68 m	−6.8%	7.8%
23	1373 m	+14 m	1.4%	12.2%
24	1460 m	+87 m	8.7%	11.5%
25	1562 m	+103 m	10.3%	12.2%
26	1664 m	+102 m	10.2%	13.2%
27	1770 m	+105 m	10.5%	12.6%
28	1868 m	+98 m	9.8%	11.8%
29	1906 m	+38 m	10.0%	11.6%

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About Le Chalmieu

How long and how steep?: From Villargondran, Le Chalmieu is 28.4 km long and climbs 1,295 m at an average of 4.6%, to a summit at 1,906 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 27, averages 10.5%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 58 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 31 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 365.
Where is it?: It's in Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

How hard is 365?

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

Torre (Serra da Estrela), Vila Cova à Coelheira 367

Col de la Madeleine via Saint-François-Longchamp, La Chambre 366

Le Chalmieu, Villargondran 365

Col de la Croix de Fer, Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines 364

Passo del Mortirolo (Passo di Foppa), Monno 363

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