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La Fruitière de Montgirod

4.0
2 reviews | Statistics | 6 photos
In some places the road surface of this climb is bad, but it can be ridden with a road bike.
La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
Elevation profile La Fruitière de Montgirod
Elevation profile La Fruitière de Montgirod
Elevation profile La Fruitière de Montgirod
bad road (along the entire length)

Statistics

Difficulty points 1185
Length 14.9 km
Average gradient 8.6%
Steepest 100 meters 16.2%
Total ascent 1279m

Short recap

Beautiful scenery
24 hairpin turns
Bad road
#39 toughest climb of France
#90 most elevation gain of France
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La Fruitière de Montgirod is a climb in the region French Alps. It is 14.9km long and bridges 1279 vertical meters with an average gradient of 8.6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1185. The top of the ascent is located at 1915 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 2 reviews of this climb and uploaded 6 photos.

Road names: D 85B & Route Pastorale

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Reviews (2)

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BartC
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Rerely climbed (just 47 times on Strava) but I was very satisfied.
Once I finished the tarmac at la fruitière and I continued 1km further on gravel (walk if not the appropriate tires), to get to the beautiful green plateau.
Only a litthe further and I arrived at the top of La Combe for the descent.

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

Contrary to the description, the road surface is fine until the last 5 km.
Like most steep back climbs, the road surface always gets worse as the climb progresses.
Very fine climb up to and past Montgirod.
Fairly regular climb but past the town the percentages start to go up.
Beautiful views of the valley and mountain peaks.
The climb alternates between steep and less steep so you get a break.
Suddenly you're on an open stretch and then you're already there!
Definitely do it!

In tegenstelling tot de omschrijving is het wegdek prima tot de laatste 5 km.
Zoals de meeste steile achteraf klimmen word het wegdek altijd slechter naarmate de klim vordert.
Hele fijne klim tot en voorbij Montgirod.
Vrij regelmatige klim maar voorbij het plaatsje beginnen de percentages omhoog te gaan.
Mooie uitzichten op de vallei en op bergtoppen.
De klim wisselt af met steil en minder steil zodat je even rust krijgt.
Plots zit je op een open stuk en dan ben je er al!
Zeker doen!

La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
La Fruitière de Montgirod
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Climbing times

7 km/h 02:07:57
11 km/h 01:21:25
15 km/h 00:59:42
19 km/h 00:47:08

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