Col des Escourtines from Les Beaumettes

Col des Escourtines from Les Beaumettes is a climb in the region Bouches-du-Rhône. It is 1.5 mi long and bridges 463 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 129. The top of the ascent is located at 699 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 21 photos.

Road names: Chemin de Morgiou & Avenue Gaston Bosc

3.0 by theojarrand

This is an automatic translation, the original language is: French.

The first part of the climb is very rolling and on tarmac, passing the Baumettes prison. Then we take a small road that begins to climb up to a car park, where the gradients start to increase. As you pass the barrier restricting access to cars, the quality of the tarmac deteriorates sharply. The last 500m are over 14％ with passages over 20! The view is nice at the top, but it's not on the level of the Col de Sormiou. On the other hand, the calanque below is incredible!... read more