| #5 toughest climb of Hauts-de-France |
| #61 most elevation gain of Pas-de-Calais |
| #26 average steepest climb of Hauts-de-France |
Côte de Saint Etienne au Mont / Mont d'Écault via Rue Pasteur is a climb in the region Caps et Marais d'Opale. It is 1.1 km long and bridges 107 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 9.6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 131. The top of the ascent is located at 116 m above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 5 reviews of this climb and uploaded 12 photos.
Road name: Rue Pasteur
4.0 by LeonThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.The climb can easily be described as a brutal wall. In one straight line, you will climb several hundred meters at percentages of around 15％ or even higher. My fifth star is only missing because the climb isn't one of the most beautiful ones in the area, yet along the way you have a view (if you still have the breath to enjoy it) of the Echinghen viaduct. Only the Rue Eugène Varlin is steeper for miles around, and that one is also on top of the same hill. That makes this climb an abso... read more
Welcome! Please activate your account if you would like to share something. Look for the verification email in your inbox.
If you want to upload your photos, you need to create an account. It only takes 1 minute and it's completely free.
Continue with Google
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Apple
Sign up with email
The essentials have already been said: a wall running through a suburb of Boulogne-sur-Mer, which was also crossed by the Tour de France 2025. It's tough, but it's a lot easier to cross than its cousin on rue Eugène Varlin. I would like to add that I think this hill has a beautiful view and a good setting, despite the existing traffic.
L'essentiel a été dit, un mur qui traverse une banlieue pavillonnaire de Boulogne-sur-Mer, qui plus a été franchit par le tour de France 2025. Elle est dure mais bien plus franchissable que sa cousine de la rue Eugène Varlin. Je voulais rajouté que cette côte possède une belle vue et un bon cadre selon moi, malgré une circulation existante.
Made on 6 July 2025 before the Tour riders. The climb is extremely steep all the way, which makes it very difficult. This was the first time I'd done it even though I often train in the area. The condition of the road is OK but it's not incredible. Worth doing if you train in the area, there's the Outreau hill not far away, the Haut Pichot, the Blanche Jument hill, in short... A very tough climb that can be done in the same outing as the other climbs I mentioned earlier.
Fait le 6 juillet 2025 avant les coureurs du Tour. La côte est extrêmement raide tout le long ce qui la rend très difficile. C'était la première fois que je la faisais même si je m'entraîne souvent dans le coin. L'état de la route est correct mais il n'est pas incroyable. A faire si vous vous entraînez dans le coin, il y la côte d'Outreau pas très loin, le Haut Pichot, la côte de la Blanche Jument bref... Une montée très dure qui peut être faite dans la même sortie que les autres montées que je vous ai sitées avant
Done on several occasions and really nice, with a good average!
Faites à plusieurs Reprises et vraiment sympa, avec une belle moyenne !
Before trying to figure out what Eugène Varlin did to deserve such a ribbon in his name, I tried out the less inhuman version.
It is indeed a wall, a very heavy wall, but in the end, it can be climbed. By pulling hard on your arms...
But it was a big, bitter disappointment: as interesting as this climb is from a cycling point of view, it's completely insignificant from every other point of view.
At the top, there are some very plain houses and a cemetery. OK, so there is the viaduct, but it's far away and drowned in buildings that are not very harmonious.
So I hesitated to give it 4 stars, but I couldn't... With Léon's 4 stars, this coast will have a rating of 3.5. I tell myself that we're fine like this...
Avant d’aller essayer de comprendre ce que cet Eugène Varlin a fait pour mériter d’avoir une telle côte à son nom, j’ai testé la version moins inhumaine.
C’est effectivement un mur, un mur bien lourd mais finalement, il se grimpe.
En tirant très fort sur les bras…
Mais, amère déception : autant cette côte est très intéressante d’un point de vue cycliste, autant, elle est parfaitement insignifiante à tous les autres points de vue.
Là haut, des maisons très quelconques et un cimetière. OK, il y a bien cette vue sur ce viaduc, mais il est loin et noyé dans des constructions peu harmonieuses.
Alors, 4 étoiles, j’ai hésité, mais je n’ai pas pu… Avec les 4 étoiles de Léon, cette côte aura une note de 3,5. Je me dis que l’on est bien ainsi…
The climb can easily be described as a brutal wall. In one straight line, you will climb several hundred meters at percentages of around 15％ or even higher. My fifth star is only missing because the climb isn't one of the most beautiful ones in the area, yet along the way you have a view (if you still have the breath to enjoy it) of the Echinghen viaduct.
Only the Rue Eugène Varlin is steeper for miles around, and that one is also on top of the same hill. That makes this climb an absolute must for the fans of steep climbing.
De klim valt gerust te omschrijven als een brute muur. In één rechte lijn klim je zonder pardon enkele honderden meters aan percentages van rond de 15％ of zelfs hoger. Mijn vijfde ster ontbreekt alleen vanwege het feit dat de klim niet bij de mooiste is van de omgeving behoort, toch heb je onderweg uitzicht (mocht je nog de adem hebben om er van te kunnen genieten) over het viaduct van Echinghen.
In de wijde omtrek is slechts de Rue Eugène Varlin steiler, en die komt ook nog eens boven op de zelfde heuvel. Dat maakt deze klim een absolute must voor de liefhebber van het steile klimwerk.
| 7 km/h | 00:09:31 |
| 11 km/h | 00:06:03 |
| 15 km/h | 00:04:26 |
| 19 km/h | 00:03:30 |
This page is better in the app
