Le Poët-en-Percip from Buis-les-Baronnies is a climb in the region Drôme. It is 8.2 mi long and bridges 2116 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 4.9%, resulting in a difficulty score of 372. The top of the ascent is located at 3360 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 2 reviews of this climb and uploaded 3 photos.
Road name: D159
3.0 by JethroBThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.After entering the road you are soon outside the built-up area. A typical Provence mountain road, narrow, ok asphalt (of the type we throw gravel on it and drive it in), at times a bit bumpy, but you only notice that on the descent. Fairly varied, with a few nice corners, fairly constant with the occasional outlier. When you reach the forest, you are almost at the top, near a super small village. Only saw two pensionado's drinking pastis, no one else, nice and quiet.... read more
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I have climbed this on multiple occasions and it has been an equally good experience each time. The climb can be sectioned into three parts. There is the first part out of Buis, where the gradients are moderate 5-6％ ish, before the next flat part. This second part is quite beautiful as you ride through a small village and can look over to a rock cliff massif on your right. Then comes a small gorge/canyon which signals the start of the third section of the climb. Here, the gradients goes up with the last 2 km never really dipping below 7-8％. Luckily, a few hairpins give some respite, and you are suddenly at the top (a small village). Unfortunately, the climb is a dead end if you are on road bike, and for this reason I would only recommend it as a detour if you are already in Buis and want some extra climbing. But on the plus side, there is barely any traffic when you are in the middle of nowhere.
After entering the road you are soon outside the built-up area. A typical Provence mountain road, narrow, ok asphalt (of the type we throw gravel on it and drive it in), at times a bit bumpy, but you only notice that on the descent. Fairly varied, with a few nice corners, fairly constant with the occasional outlier. When you reach the forest, you are almost at the top, near a super small village. Only saw two pensionado's drinking pastis, no one else, nice and quiet.
Nadat je de weg bent ingeslagen al redelijk snel buiten de bebouwde kom. Een typisch Provence bergweggetje, smal, ok asfalt (van het type we gooien er grind op en rijden het in), bij tijd en wijle een beetje bobbelig, maar dat merk je alleen in de afdaling. Redelijk afwisselend, met een paar leuke bochtjes, redelijk constant met af en toe een uitschieter. Als je bij het bos bent, ben je bijna boven, bij een super klein dorpje. Alleen twee pensionado's aan de pastis gezien, verder niemand, heerlijk rustig.
| 5 mph | 01:39:13 |
| 7 mph | 01:10:14 |
| 9 mph | 00:54:44 |
| 12 mph | 00:41:07 |
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