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Col de la Forclaz from Queige is a climb in the region Annecy. It is 2.5 mi long and bridges 1047 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 7.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 276. The top of the ascent is located at 2864 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 8 reviews of this climb and uploaded 10 photos.
Road name: D67
2.0 by CromagnonThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: French.Too many Forclaz passes! This Forclaz pass is crossed off the list. Another one pops up. A forclaz would be a geological shape, a wide passage narrowing into a Y shape... Well... So, these Forclaz are to be found south of Annecy, north of Albertville, in the Swiss Valais and also at Décathlon. This Forclaz is the lowest. It's the shortest. But it's not the least steep. This slope is much easier than the one that starts in Ugine. And above all, it's shorter. A road in decent c... read more
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Too many Forclaz passes! This Forclaz pass is crossed off the list. Another one pops up.
A forclaz would be a geological shape, a wide passage narrowing into a Y shape... Well... So, these Forclaz are to be found south of Annecy, north of Albertville, in the Swiss Valais and also at Décathlon.
This Forclaz is the lowest. It's the shortest. But it's not the least steep.
This slope is much easier than the one that starts in Ugine. And above all, it's shorter.
A road in decent condition. Better than the road up from Ugine. Little traffic. Elegant views of the surrounding massifs. This slope is more interesting from an aesthetic point of view, but less so from a cycling point of view. Nothing to see at the summit.
Beaucoup de trop cols de la Forclaz ! On le barre de sa liste, ce col de la Forclaz. Un autre surgit.
Un forclaz serait une forme géologique, un passage large se rétrécissant en forme de Y… Bien… Alors, ces Forclaz se trouvent au sud d’Annecy, au nord d’Albertville, dans le Valais suisse et aussi chez Décathlon.
Ce Forclaz là, c’est le moins haut. C’est le plus court. Mais, ce n’est pas le moins pentu.
Ce versant est nettement plus facile que celui qui démarre à Ugine. Enfin, il est surtout plus court.
Une route dans un état correct. Meilleure que la route qui monte d’Ugine. Peu de circulation. Les vues sur les massifs environnants sont élégantes. Ce versant est plus intéressant d’un point de vue esthétique mais moins au niveau cycliste. Rien à voir au sommet.
Small but strong seems to me the right way to describe this pass. The narrow road, of average quality like many small roads, is very quiet. After starting out at 7％, the climb steepens frankly in the forest on the way out of Queige. It eases off before the first hairpin, then steepens again before the second until the summit, where the horizon clears. As I followed it up after the Col des Saisies to complete my outing, this puncheur's climb and the heat had their little effect. I made a cautious descent because of the gravel and the narrowness of the road.
Petit mais costaud me paraît adapté pour décrire ce col. La route étroite et de qualité moyenne comme nombre de petites routes est très calme. Après un début à 7％, la montée se raidie franchement en forêt en sortie de Queige. Elle se radoucie avant la première épingle, puis se raidie à nouveau avant la deuxième jusqu'au sommet, où l'horizon se dégage. L'ayant enchainé après le col des Saisies pour compléter ma sortie, cette ascension de puncheur et la chaleur ont fait leur petit effet. Descente prudente pour ma part vu les gravillons et l'étroitesse de la route.
After two days of warming up, this one went quite smoothly. After rains, best be attentive to debris on the road.
Na twee dagen opwarmen ging deze best vlot. Na regenbuien best aandachtig zijn voor puin op de weg.
A fun climb out of Queige - steep but quiet roads with plenty of shade from the afternoon sun. The town of Queige has a library and an innovative water feature.
My very first pass after I moved from Bourges to Albertville, at the time I didn't really have the gearing adapted to the mountains and the high gradients and I found it horribly hard and even put my feet down at the hardest part.
Today I'm 23 years older but I've become more experienced and it's getting better.
To come back to the pass, it is short but still quite difficult at the top, you can switch to Ugine in a fast descent, but you have to be careful.
Mon tout premier col après mon déménagement de Bourges à Albertville, à l'époque je n'avais pas vraiment les braquets adaptés à la montagne et aux forts pourcentages et je l'avais trouvé horriblement dur et même mis pieds à terre au passage le plus rude.
Aujourd'hui j'ai pourtant 23 ans de plus mais depuis je me suis aguerri te ça va mieux.
Pour en revenir au col, il est court mais quand même assez difficile au sommet on peu basculer sur Ugine dans une descente rapide en restant prudent.
Done before Arpettaz. Not really difficult, not very long pass from Queige. The road is correct.
Fait avant l'Arpettaz. Pas vraiment de difficultés, col pas très long depuis Queige. La route est correcte.
Nice warm-up for when you want to do longer cols, gradual climb where you are quickly at the top. Perfect road surface with little traffic.
Mooie opwarmer voor als je langere cols wil gaan doen, geleidelijke klim waar je snel boven bent. Perfect wegdek met weinig verkeer.
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