| Famous climb |
| Beautiful scenery |
| 6 hairpin turns |
| #24 average steepest climb of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Bastille de Grenoble is a climb in the region Grenoble. It is 2km long and bridges 261 vertical meters with an average gradient of 13.1%, resulting in a difficulty score of 416. The top of the ascent is located at 495 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 5 reviews of this climb and uploaded 7 photos.
Road names: Chemin Saint Jean & Chemin de la Bastille
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It stings like hell from here too! I wonder if I haven't gone too far to look for the Chemin Saint Jean! See photo in the forest...
You don't start off as hard as you did on the Chemin de la Bastille, but you soon find the same path eating into your calves. A challenge. You get a taste for it! My back didn't hurt as much the second time, even though my bike was loaded.
Happy to have "discovered" this damn wall.
And then that 30％ sign, I couldn't resist.
D’ici aussi, ça pique sévèrement ! Je me demande si je ne suis pas allé chercher un peu loin le chemin Saint Jean ! Voir photo dans la forêt…
On démarre moins fort que sur le chemin de la Bastille mais on retrouve bien vite ce même chemin qui te dévore les mollets. Un défi. On y prend goût ! Moins mal au dos la seconde fois alors que mon vélo était chargé.
Heureux d’avoir « découvert » ce sacré mur.
Et puis ce panneau 30％, je n’ai pas pu résister.
I arrived in Grenoble from Geneva at 5pm. I rented a road bike at Natura Velo, saw this climb on Google maps and decided I could ride up and down before dark. The climb was very difficult. The switchbacks were the only relief. When I got to the top it was 8pm. Sundown in 12 minutes. I flew down, locking up the rear in three of the switchbacks. I was at the bottom in 2:56. According to Strava, I have the fastest time for a man over 70 by more than a minute. It was a very exciting hour. I rode to the top of Chamrousse 1750 the next day.
A great ride to do on the way back from the Col de Vence to "finish"! Be careful on the descent, it's quite violent!
Un bon délire à faire en revenant du col de vence pour se « finir »!!! Attention à la descente c’est violent quand même!
Blessedly heavy climb! This is from beginning to end and nothing to worry about. Too bad you have to ride it back down along the same road.
Zalig zware beklimming! Dit is van begin tot einde verstand op nul en stoempen. Spijtig dat je deze langs dezelfde weg terug naar beneden moet rijden.
THE wall that every cyclist in Grenoble worthy of the name must have done at least once in his life, and more than once if affinities! It is the ideal place to test your small gears. Some hairpins to the right are very tricky or even impossible to negotiate, so be careful if a car comes in front. The road (narrow, be careful) is now in very good condition after having been damaged for a long time. A famous restaurant welcomes the valiant cyclists at the top in search of gustatory comfort, "Chez le Pèr'Gras". In the last hairpin is a stele in honour of Thierry Claveyrolat, a professional cyclist from the region, best climber in the 1990 Tour de France, who unfortunately died in 1999 at the age of 40 in tragic circumstances. Note that this climb can be made even tougher by starting not from the Mairie de La Tronche, but from the beginning of the Chemin de la Bastille itself, located a little below. The route is then shortened, and the steepness of the climb is directly attacked, so the average slope increases even more!
LE mur que tout cycliste grenoblois digne de ce nom doit avoir fait au moins une fois dans sa vie, et plus d'une fois si affinités ! Pour tester ses petits braquets, c'est l'endroit idéal. Certaines épingles à cheveux vers la droite sont très délicates voire impossible à négocier, donc prudence si une voiture arrive en face. La route (étroite, attention) est maintenant en très bon état après avoir été longtemps dégradée. Un célèbre restaurant accueille les vaillants cyclistes au sommet à la recherche d'un réconfort gustatif, « Chez le Pèr'Gras ». Dans la dernière épingle à cheveux se trouve une stèle en l'honneur de Thierry Claveyrolat, un cycliste professionnel de la région, meilleur grimpeur du Tour de France 1990, malheureusement décédé en 1999 à 40 ans dans des circonstances tragiques. À noter qu'on peut corser encore cette montée en partant non pas de la Mairie de La Tronche, mais du début du chemin de la Bastille proprement dit, situé un peu en contrebas. Le tracé est alors raccourci, on attaque directement les forts pourcentages et donc la pente moyenne augmente encore !
| 7 km/h | 00:17:05 |
| 11 km/h | 00:10:52 |
| 15 km/h | 00:07:58 |
| 19 km/h | 00:06:17 |
