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Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort from Saint Jean Soleymieux

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1 review/story | Elevation profile | 0 photos
Elevation profile Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort from Saint Jean Soleymieux

Statistics

Difficulty points 224
Length 16.4 km
Average gradient 3%
Steepest 100 meters 7.4%
Total ascent 485m
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Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort from Saint Jean Soleymieux is a climb in the region Monts du Forez. It is 16.4km long and bridges 485 vertical meters with an average gradient of 3%, resulting in a difficulty score of 224. The top of the ascent is located at 1165 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 0 photos.

Road names: D96 & D102

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This is an automatic translation, the original language is: French. Show original

There are five ways to climb the Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort.
In my opinion, the most interesting route is the one via Bard, both from a sporting point of view and in terms of the scenery. It's a very pleasant climb with very little road traffic.
The two alternatives, Margerie-Chantagret and Saint Jean Soleymieux, are also very pleasant with very little traffic.
The one I liked least was the one going up from Saint Antheme.
As for the climb from Montbrison, it's quite good too, with superb views over the Forez plain and varied scenery all the way up.
For the latter two, it's where you'll find the most traffic, which remains relatively moderate all the same.
My advice is to take the Bard route up and the Montbrison route down.

Il y a cinq possibilités pour monter le Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort.
La plus intéressante à mon goût est celle qui passe par Bard, autant sportivement qu'au niveau des paysages. C'est une ascension très agréable avec très peu de trafic routier.
Les deux variantes, celle de Margerie-Chantagret et celle de Saint Jean Soleymieux sont également très sympathiques à réaliser avec là aussi très peu de trafic.
Celle que j'ai le moins aimé faire est celle qui remonte de Saint Antheme.
Quand a celle qui monte depuis Montbrison elle est assez bonne à faire aussi, avec de superbes points de vue sur la plaine du Forez et des paysages variés tout au long de l'ascension.
Pour ces deux dernières, c'est là où l'on va trouver le plus de trafic qui reste relativement modéré tout de même.
Mon conseil, monter par la variante de Bard et redescendre par celle de Montbrison.

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Climbing times

7 km/h 02:20:12
11 km/h 01:29:13
15 km/h 01:05:25
19 km/h 00:51:39

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