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La Côte des Sagnes is a climb in the region Grenoble. It is 0.8 mi long and bridges 322 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 96. The top of the ascent is located at 4173 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 0 photos.
2.0 by Franck_PastorThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: French.If you go down the Col de la Croix de Fer or the Col du Glandon towards Allemond, you have to pay for this very tough ascent, which was the case for me during an ARO and two Vaujany tours in the 90s. But this ascent has only existed since 1989, when a landslide swept away a section of the road, which then passed much higher up. Following the landslide, the road was re-routed so as to avoid the landslide from below. Hence the climb, which was necessary to reach the part of the road that remain... read more
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If you go down the Col de la Croix de Fer or the Col du Glandon towards Allemond, you have to pay for this very tough ascent, which was the case for me during an ARO and two Vaujany tours in the 90s.
But this ascent has only existed since 1989, when a landslide swept away a section of the road, which then passed much higher up. Following the landslide, the road was re-routed so as to avoid the landslide from below. Hence the climb, which was necessary to reach the part of the road that remained intact.
As it follows the ascent of the Grand'Maison dam (which did not exist before the dam was built), the descent of the Glandon/Croix de Fer on this side is one of the least relaxing ever! :-)
Si on descend le col de la Croix de Fer ou du Glandon vers Allemond, on doit se payer cette rude remontée très casse-pattes, ce qui a été mon cas lors d'un BRA et de deux Vaujany dans les années 90.
Mais cette remontée n'existe que depuis 1989, lorsqu'un éboulement a emporté une portion de la route, qui passait alors nettement plus haut. Suite à cet éboulement, le tracé de la route a été dévié de façon à contourner l'éboulis par en-dessous. D'où cette remontée, rendue nécessaire pour rejoindre la partie de la route restée intacte.
Comme elle fait suite à la remontée du barrage de Grand'Maison (qui n'existait pas avant la construction du barrage), on peut dire que la descente du Glandon/Croix de Fer par ce versant est une des moins reposantes qui soient ! :-)
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