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Lac Besson & Lac Noir from Alpe d'Huez is a climb in the region Grenoble. It is 4 km long and bridges 244 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 6.1%, resulting in a difficulty score of 185. The top of the ascent is located at 2083 m above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 4 reviews of this climb and uploaded 13 photos.
Road name: Route des Lacs
4.0 by patrickbaertThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.The climb to Lac Besson and Lac Noir starts where the Tour puts the finishing line of Alpe d'Huez. So you can continue on after the famous 21 countdown hairpin bends on the wide busy road as a continuation and leave the mastodon ski village behind you via the narrower Route du Lac, which starts thv the roundabout at the end of the wide finish avenue. Via the Col du Poutran (1996m) you then climb another 6 kilometres and altitude metres, almost traffic-free over bumpy, not so good tarmac w... read more
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In itself, it’s a fairly steady climb that you can go full beans on; we did it after descending from Sarenne but I imagine adding this on top of a full ascent if ADH would make it a killer climb. Great views of the ski area and up to Pic Blanc. Road surface was okay but lots of work traffic had made it dusty and a bit gravelly in places, so worth being cautious on corners. The lake isn’t much to write home about but it’s a good climb to tick off to at least get above 2000m. On a nice day it’s worth the effort.
Nice climb with great views of the Pic Blanc and the Grandes Rousses massif, only the road is poor and there can be quite a bit of traffic, otherwise a very nice climb.
Belle montée avec de belle vues sur le Pic Blanc et le massif des Grandes Rousses, seulement, la route est de mauvaise qualité et la circulation peut être assez présente, sinon très belle ascension.
The climb to Lac Besson and Lac Noir starts where the Tour puts the finishing line of Alpe d'Huez.
So you can continue on after the famous 21 countdown hairpin bends on the wide busy road as a continuation and leave the mastodon ski village behind you via the narrower Route du Lac, which starts thv the roundabout at the end of the wide finish avenue. Via the Col du Poutran (1996m) you then climb another 6 kilometres and altitude metres, almost traffic-free over bumpy, not so good tarmac with irregular gradients, in a more natural setting to the car park at the 3 beautifully located small mountain lakes. Lac Besson (2083m) is the highest cycling point where the tarmac really stops and where the 360° view shows how ugly the well-known ski village is compared to the rest of the mountain environment.
For me personally as a Belgian, the truly beautiful natural endpoint of the legendary Dutch mountain!
De klim naar Lac Besson en Lac Noir start waar de Tour de eindstreep legt van Alpe d'Huez.
Je kan dus na de bekende 21 aftellende haarspeldbochten op de brede drukke weg als vervolg het mastodont skidorp nog verder doorfietsen en achter je laten via de smallere Route du Lac, die begint thv het rondpunt op het einde van de brede aankomst avenue. Via de Col du Poutran (1996m) klim je dan nog 6 extra kilo- en hoogtemeters, zo goed als verkeersvrij over hobbelig niet zo best asfalt met onregelmatige hellingsgraden, in een meer natuurlijk kader tot de parking aan de 3 wondermooi gelegen kleine bergmeertjes. Middelste gelegen Lac Besson (2083m) is het hoogste fietspunt waar het asfalt echt stopt en waar in het 360° uitzicht duidelijk wordt hoe lelijk het overbekende skidorp is ten opzichte van de rest van de bergomgeving .
Voor mij persoonlijk als Belg het echte mooie natuurlijke eindpunt van de legendarische Hollandse berg!
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