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Côte de la Pussy is a climb in the region Savoie. It is 5.8 mi long and bridges 2418 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 7.9%, resulting in a difficulty score of 617. The top of the ascent is located at 3714 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 13 photos.
Road names: Montée de la Forvie, D 213, C 1 & Route du Mont Bellachat
3.0 by CromagnonThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: French.This is the road that leads to the Col de la Madeleine on the south side. You take the D213 for 4 kilometres before continuing straight on the D213a towards Pussy. I'm giving up on the easy, bawdy jokes that are so tempting. These first few kilometres are pretty serious. A milestone announces 11％. The road is excellent and pleasant. The surface deteriorates as soon as you leave the D213 for the D213a. It gets worse, especially after the pretty village of Pussy: the road authorities hav... read more
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This is the road that leads to the Col de la Madeleine on the south side.
You take the D213 for 4 kilometres before continuing straight on the D213a towards Pussy. I'm giving up on the easy, bawdy jokes that are so tempting.
These first few kilometres are pretty serious.
A milestone announces 11％. The road is excellent and pleasant. The surface deteriorates as soon as you leave the D213 for the D213a. It gets worse, especially after the pretty village of Pussy: the road authorities have had the bright idea of laying gravel on the road in several areas.
It makes the descent a real pain. The numerous drainage ditches were already enough to slow us down.
Back to the climb: the gradients are serious from start to finish. We climb most often around 8 or 9％. There's very little traffic on the road. I only passed lumberjacks and Office National des Forêts vehicles.
The forest is wild and beautiful.
Up there, just before the road turns into a gravel track, there's a beautiful panorama of snow-capped peaks.
The other bonus is the huge and impressive factories that operate in the valley between Notre-Dame de Briançon and the start of the climb.
I hesitated between 3 and 4 stars. The descent was unpleasant, so I'll settle for 3.
C’est la route qui conduit au col de la Madeleine, par son versant sud.
Cette D213, on l’emprunte sur 4 kilomètres avant de poursuivre tout droit sur la D213a vers Pussy. Je renonce aux blagues grivoises et faciles, pourtant bien tentantes.
Ces premiers kilomètres sont plutôt sérieux.
Une borne annonce 11％. La route est excellente et agréable. Le revêtement se dégrade dès que l’on quitte la D213 pour la D213a. Ça se corse surtout après le mignon village de Pussy : la voirie a eu la lumineuse idée de déposer des gravillons sur la route et ce sur plusieurs secteurs.
Ça rend la descente pénible. Les nombreuses rigoles d’évacuation suffisaient déjà à nous ralentir.
Revenons à l’ascension : les pourcentages sont sérieux du début à la fin. On grimpe le plus souvent autour de 8 ou 9％. La route est très peu fréquentée. J’ai seulement croisé des bûcherons et les véhicules de l’Office National des Forêts.
La foret est sauvage et belle.
Là-haut, juste avant que la route ne se transforme en piste gravel, on a droit à un beau panorama sur les cimes enneigées.
L’autre bonus, ce sont les énormes et impressionnantes usines qui s’activent dans la vallée entre Notre-Dame de Briançon et le départ de la montée.
J’ai hésité entre 3 et 4 étoiles. La descente étant désagréable, ce sera 3.
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