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Col du Joly

5.0
2 reviews | Elevation profile | 11 photos
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Elevation profile Col du Joly

Statistics

Difficulty points 868
Length 21.3 km
Average gradient 5.7%
Steepest 100 meters 11.1%
Total ascent 1223m

Short recap

12 hairpin turns
#69 most elevation gain of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
#62 longest climb of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Col du Joly is a climb in the region French Alps. It is 21.3km long and bridges 1223 vertical meters with an average gradient of 5.7%, resulting in a difficulty score of 868. The top of the ascent is located at 1984 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 2 reviews of this climb and uploaded 11 photos.

Road names: Route des Curtillets, Route de Saint-Sauveur, Route du Col de Joly & Chemin du Pont des Moyers à la Croix de Colombaz

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Reviews (2)

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Best avoided on hot days, as you will ride in a wide-open landscape most of the time, which means the sun on your body.
Jaw-dropping views along the way and a restaurant (Chez Gaston) at the summit, where the view is overwhelming. Everybody seems to be looking for views of the Mont Blanc in this area 😎 Tough climb, but tackle it if you're in the area.

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

Col du Joly (cycled June 2023) must fall short of the Cormet de Roselend in terms of cycling fame in that region.
Via the latter, you leave Beaufort to turn sharply left (D70) fairly soon and climb out of the town via some tough hairpin turns. On the open valley flank, the route continues with gentle curves gently ascending towards picturesque Hauteluce. Just before it, you leave the road on the right (signpost Col du Joly/St.Sauveur/Les Granges) to continue cycling slightly up and down with hardly any traffic between the alpine meadows to the Belleville hydroelectric power station.
Here, after the long gentle run-up, 10 km of real climbing starts.
A narrow road in bumpy asphalt leads uphill with a whole series of hairpin bends. There is hardly any habitation but there are regularly ringing cows as spectators. Towards the end, it gets slightly steeper and windy on the barren mountainside in the panoramic 360° nature frame.
The summit was somewhat sobering. A fantastic view of the Mont Blanc massif, but marred by lots of ski infrastructure and works with excavators on the summer-abandoned large car park .
There was a large closed mountain hut for supplies (open in summers?).
Practical:
From Belleville, green and white cycling info signs (distance to summit / % next km / altitude) every kilometre.
Be careful with the indicated kilometre average as it is misleading as there is a very large variation within that distance (e.g. 5% 12% 8% 18% at 1000m) This also does not benefit your climbing rhythm.

Joly/Jolie in French means beautiful - nice - handsome.
This long col with nice run-up to solid final climb in mountain nature certainly didn't steal its name!

Col du Joly (gefietst juni 2023) moet wat fietsbekendheid betreft in die regio onderdoen voor de Cormet de Roselend.
Via deze laatste verlaat je Beaufort om vrij snel direct scherp linksaf te draaien (D70) en via enkele stevige haarspeldbochten het stadje uit te klimmen. Op de open dal flank gaat de route verder met flauwe bochten gezapig stijgend richting het pittoreske Hauteluce. Vlak ervoor verlaat je rechts de weg (wegwijzer Col du Joly/St.Sauveur/Les Granges) om licht op en neer met amper verkeer tussen de alpenweides verder te fietsen tot aan de waterkrachtcentrale van Belleville.
Hier start, na de lange rustige aanloop, 10 km. echt klimwerk.
Via een smalle weg in hobbelasfalt gaat het met een hele reeks haarspeldbochten omhoog. Er is amper bewoning maar er zijn regelmatig bellende koeien als toeschouwer. Naar het einde toe wordt het iets steiler en winderig op de kaler wordende bergflank in het panoramisch 360° natuurkader.
De top was wat ontnuchterend. Een fantastisch uitzicht op het Mont Blanc massief, maar ontsierd door heel veel ski infrastructuur en werken met graafmachines op de zomers verlaten grote parking .
Er was een grote gesloten berghut voor bevoorrading (zomers open?).
Praktisch:
Vanaf Belleville staan elke kilometer de groen-witte fietsinfo bordjes (afstand tot top / % volgende km / hoogte).
Oppassen met het aangegeven kilometer gemiddelde want het is misleidend omdat er binnen die afstand een zeer grote variatie is (bvb 5% 12% 8% 18% op 1000m) Dit komt ook je klimritme niet ten goede.

Joly/Jolie in het Frans betekend mooi - leuk - knap.
Deze lange col met mooie aanloop naar stevige slotklim in bergnatuur heeft zijn naam zeker niet gestolen!

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Climbing times

7 km/h 03:02:47
11 km/h 01:56:19
15 km/h 01:25:18
19 km/h 01:07:20

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