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Mont Salève

4.7
3 reviews | Elevation profile | 6 photos
Mont Salève
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Elevation profile Mont Salève

Statistics

Difficulty points 862
Length 10.4 km
Average gradient 8.1%
Steepest 100 meters 16%
Total ascent 846m

Short recap

15 hairpin turns
#15 toughest climb of Haute Savoie
#21 most elevation gain of Haute Savoie
#53 longest climb of Haute Savoie
#89 average steepest climb of Haute Savoie
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Mont Salève is a climb in the region Haute Savoie. It is 10.4km long and bridges 846 vertical meters with an average gradient of 8.1%, resulting in a difficulty score of 862. The top of the ascent is located at 1339 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 3 reviews of this climb and uploaded 6 photos.

Road names: D145 & D45

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Reviews (3)

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stephmat
3 Mo 5.0
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: French. Show original

Ascent on 25.07.2024: very short and very intense. The start up to the local car park is a very good warm-up for what awaits you at the top. If you have trouble on this climb, come back when your legs feel better :-)

Take a break in the local car park and eat well or anything else you like, because after that you won't be able to stop. It's minimum 10% and maximum 17% inside the pins. I advise you to dance on the hairpins or take the outside (watch out for those coming down) otherwise you'll be on the ground as it's so steep on the inside of the bend.

Contrary to what you might think, it's doable if you don't have 100km in your legs and it goes by relatively quickly (it took me 45' for the 4km).

As for the gear ratio, not being a climber, I recommend a 34 or 36 at the rear, otherwise it will be very hard :)

To be done! PS: the descent puts the brakes to the test, so don't go down there if you're breaking in ^^.

Montée effectuée le 25.07.2024 : très court et très intenses. Le début jusqu'au parking du coin est un très bon échauffement à ce qui vous attends la haut. Si dans cette montée vous avez du mal, revenez quand vos jambes seront en meilleur état :-)

Faites une pause au parking du coin et manger bien ou tout autre choses car après vous ne pourrez plus vous arrêtez. C'est du minimum 10% et maximum 17% à l'intérieur des épingles. Je conseille de vous mettre en danseuse sur les épingles ou de prendre à l'extérieur (gaffe à ceux qui descende) sinon c'est pied à terre tellement c'est pentu à l'intérieur du virage.

Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait croire c'est faisable si vous n'avez pas 100km dans les jambes et ça passe relativement vite (j'ai mis 45' pour les 4km).

Pour le braquet, n'étant pas un grimpeur, je conseille du 34 ou 36 à l'arrière sinon ca va être super dur :)

A faire! PS : la descente met les freins à rude épreuve, n'allez surtout pas la bas si rodage ^^

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jurgend
2 y 5.0

about 4.4km at 11.1% AVERAGE ...nice to test your climbers legs
this is the short and steep way up the Saleve.
Most sections are in the shades between the trees...which is nice when it's a hot summer day.
once at the top you've a view at the Mont Blanc

view from the bottom up

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MartijnZ
3 y 4.0
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch. Show original

It could be because of the heavy rental bike, but the climb was very hard. The percentages mentioned with the climb are a bit distorted since the last kilometers are flat, the averages up to Col de la Croisette are very hard (one km of 13%, steepest 100 meters 16%). Despite that, it is a nice climb with nice views of Geneva from the top. Little traffic and reasonable tarmac.

Het kan zijn dat het kwam door de zware huurfiets, maar de klim viel me erg zwaar. De percentages die worden genoemd bij de klim vertekenen enigzins aangezien aangezien de laatste kilometers afvlakken, de gemiddeldes tot Col de la Croisette zijn heel pittig (een km van 13%, stijlste 100 meter 16%). Ondanks dat wel een mooie klim met mooi uitzicht op Geneve vanaf de top. Weinig verkeer en redelijk asfalt.

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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:29:06
11 km/h 00:56:42
15 km/h 00:41:35
19 km/h 00:32:49

Road surface condition

43% 57% 0%
Based on 7 votes
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Traffic

83% 17% 0%
Based on 6 votes
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