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Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe

4.2
5 reviews | Elevation profile | 6 photos
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Elevation profile Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe

Statistics

Difficulty points 941
Length 6.5 km
Average gradient 10.8%
Steepest 100 meters 20.9%
Total ascent 702m

Short recap

Beautiful scenery
Hidden gem
7 hairpin turns
#91 toughest climb of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
#80 most elevation gain of Isère
#78 average steepest climb of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe is a climb in the region Grenoble. It is 6.5km long and bridges 702 vertical meters with an average gradient of 10.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 941. The top of the ascent is located at 969 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 5 reviews of this climb and uploaded 6 photos.

Road name: Route du Rancin

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Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe

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Reviews (5)

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Niels1987
1 y 3.0 00:44:05 (8.9km/h)
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Rather a nice challenge than really a nice climb. Most of it is in the forest with few turns as well. Despite being steep there are nowhere extremely steep sections unlike on the nearby Pas de Pertuis and it is doable at a pace. Near the top where the mountain falls a bit over the road and just before the monastery, the view is finally beautiful.

Eerder een mooie uitdaging dan echt een mooie klim. Het grootste gedeelte is in het bos met ook weinig bochten. Ondanks dat hij steil is zitten er nergens extreem steile stukken in tegenstelling tot op de nabijgelegen Pas de Pertuis en is hij op een tempo goed te doen. Vlak bij de top waar de berg wat over de weg valt en vlak voor het klooster is het uitzicht dan eindelijk mooi.

Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
Col de Chalais / Abbaye de Notre Dame de Chalais from Voreppe
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cedricreynier
1 y 5.0
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Hot: But what a violent beauty this climb is! No respite and a real risk of explosion. Honestly I thought I was pretty well trained and fortunately because what a slap. Be careful with your power to weight ratio, if like me you are a bit limited (I'm 75kg) you risk suffering unnecessarily. The setting at the top is magnificent and worth a stop. And there is a shop with biscuits made on the spot (well as a baker I'm not a fan, the recipe should be changed, but that's another subject). Water supply at the shop (except in winter). Very little traffic in the cul de sac. My first discovery thanks to ClimbFinder, thanks to the site!

A chaud : Mais quelle beauté violente cette montée! Aucun répit et risque d’explosion bien réel. Sincèrement je pensais être plutôt pas mal entraîné et heureusement car quelle claque. Attention à votre rapport poids puissance, si comme moi vous êtes un peu limite (je fais 75kg) vous risquez de souffrir inutilement. Le cadre arrivé en haut est magnifique et vaut le coup d’une petite halte. Et il y a la boutique de biscuits faits sur place ( Bon en tant que boulanger je suis pas fan, faudrait faire évoluer la recette, mais c’est un autre sujet). Ravitaillement en eau à la boutique ( sauf l’hiver). Très peu de trafic ça cul de sac. Ma première découverte grâce à ClimbFinder, merci le site!

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Jean-Baptiste
2 y 4.0
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What a stronghold! Long stretches at 15/16%. The rest oscillates between 12; 13%!
But the climb is beautiful even if the surface is not great.
To be done, for sure!

Sacré bastion !! De longues portions à 15/16%. Le reste oscille entre 12 ; 13%!
Mais la montee est belle même si le revêtement est pas terrible.
A faire, c'est sûr !

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achatelet
3 y 4.0
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Very hard, especially when you have no development...What a relief to get to the top and what a satisfaction to have crossed those passages at over 15%!

Très dur, surtout quand on a pas de développement...Quel soulagement d'arriver en haut et quel satisfaction d'avoir franchis ces passages à plus de 15% !

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Franck_Pastor
4 y 5.0
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One of the local terrors, with the Bastille of Grenoble. The percentages on the graph are sufficiently revealing... Very small gear ratios are essential to be able to taste the excellent biscuits made by the nuns of the Chalais monastery at the summit :-)

Une des terreurs locales, avec la Bastille de Grenoble. Les pourcentages du graphique sont suffisamment parlants… Tout petits braquets indispensables pour pouvoir goûter aux excellents biscuits fabriqués par les religieuses du monastère de Chalais au sommet :-)

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Climbing times

7 km/h 00:55:51
11 km/h 00:35:32
15 km/h 00:26:03
19 km/h 00:20:34

Road surface condition

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