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Super Sauze from Barcelonette

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4 reviews | Elevation profile | 15 photos
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Elevation profile Super Sauze from Barcelonette

Statistics

Difficulty points 430
Length 8.7 km
Average gradient 6.4%
Steepest 100 meters 12.2%
Total ascent 557m

Short recap

15 hairpin turns
#29 toughest climb of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
#28 most elevation gain of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
#40 longest climb of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
#55 average steepest climb of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Super Sauze from Barcelonette is a climb in the region Serre Ponçon. It is 8.7km long and bridges 557 vertical meters with an average gradient of 6.4%, resulting in a difficulty score of 430. The top of the ascent is located at 1698 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 4 reviews of this climb and uploaded 15 photos.

Road name: D209

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Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
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Reviews (4)

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F11ACE
2 y 3.0 00:37:56 (13.7km/h)
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Short but tough climb. Nice as a warm-up. Climb ends in an uninspiring ski village. The curves are of sufficient beauty.

Korte maar stevige klim. Leuk als opwarmer. Klim eindigt in een inspiratieloos ski dorp. De slingerbochten er naar toe zijn wel van voldoende schoonheid.

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Agostinho53
2 y 3.0 00:49:34 (10.5km/h)
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Make this climb 1.5 km shorter and you really do have a beast. Starts off fairly easy, but then it's all hands on deck. The hairpins in Le Sauze and the traverse in Enchastrayes are two tough sections. Doable as a single climb but, if like me you already have the St.-Anne and the col de Larche in your calves at the start, this is killer. Like so many roads to ski resorts, this one is of wide and immaculate tarmac. Given the summer, there was little traffic.

Maak deze klim 1.5 km korter en je hebt echt wel een beest. Begint vrij rustig, maar dan is het all hands on deck. De haarspeldbochten in Le Sauze en de doortocht in Enchastrayes zin twee pittige stukken. Als enkele klim goed te doen maar, als je bij aanvang, zoals ik de St.-Anne en de col de Larche al in de kuiten hebt is dit moordend. Zoals zovele wegen naar skistations is ook deze van breed en onberispelijk asfalt. Gezien de zomer was er weinig verkeer.

Super Sauze from Barcelonette
Super Sauze from Barcelonette
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Siard
3 y 3.0 01:15:00 (6.9km/h)
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A climb that becomes quite steep after 3km al direct. A tough warming-up climb, especially because of the short distance of the climb. Road surface is generally good to very good. Had a lot of trouble with mosquitoes during the climb. Just before the end, the climb flattens out a bit so the last 1.5km are fast. At the top in Super Sauze, opposite the ski lift, I enjoy sitting on a terrace in the sun. There is some activity by MTB'ers.
The view was not spectacular, the road was quiet.

Een beklimming die na 3km alirect flink steil wordt. Een pittige opwarmingsklim, vooral vanwege de korte afstand van de beklimming. Wegdek is over het algemeen goed tot zeer goed. Wel veel last van muggen gehad tijdens de klim. Vlak voor het einde vlakt de klim wat af waardoor de laatste 1,5km snel zijn gefietst. Bovenaan in Super Sauze heerlijk een terrasje pakken in de zon, tegenover de skilift. Er is enigszins bedrijvigheid door MTB'ers.
Het uitzicht vond ik niet spectaculair, de weg was wel rustig.

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patrickbaert
3 y 3.0
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August 2017 I cycled up the climb to Super Sauze.
You can cycle from the centre of Barcelonnette along the low-traffic bank of the Ubaye River to the start of the climb at the turn off the main road.
You start with a long straight part on a wide road followed by scattered hairpins winding through villages (a.o. Le Sauze) with panoramic views. Towards the end the climb flattens out with even a slight descent to end after a wide turn via a one-way loop through the summery quiet ski village with apartments and ski lifts.
Information boards every kilometre (distance to summit/altitude and % distance to come).
Just like nearby Pra Loup, this is the ideal (not too long or too steep) warming-up climb on the first day of your holiday, before more serious cycling in the region of Barcelonnette.

Augustus 2017 de klim naar Super Sauze op gefietst.
Je kan vanuit het centrum van Barcelonnette langs de verkeersarme oever van de Ubaye rivier fietsen tot de start van de klim aan de afslag van de grote weg.
Beginnen doe je met een lang recht stuk vals plat op brede weg gevolgd door verspreide haarspeldbochten kronkelend door dorpjes (oa. Le Sauze) met panoramische vergezichten. Naar het slot toe vlakt de klim af met zelfs een lichte afdaling om na een wijde bocht via een éénrichtingslus door het zomers rustige skidorp met appartementen en skiliften te eindigen .
Infobordjes elke kilometer (afstand tot top/hoogte en % komende km.)
Net zoals nabijgelegen Pra Loup is dit de ideale (niet te lang of te steil) opwarmingsklim de eerste vakantiedag, voor steviger fietswerk in de regio van Barcelonnette.

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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:14:15
11 km/h 00:47:15
15 km/h 00:34:39
19 km/h 00:27:21

Road surface condition

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