Nant Pelain from Épierre

Nant Pelain from Épierre is a climb in the region La Maurienne. It is 10.5 mi long and bridges 3806 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 6.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 891. The top of the ascent is located at 4987 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 0 photos.

Road names: Route des Hurtières (D 74), Route des Hurtières (D 207), Route du Col (D 207) & Route Forestière de la Jasse

4.0 by AndrewL7

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

Nice climb. 75％of the route is the grand cucheron climb on a large well paved road Final 5k is on a single lane road, although bumpy this is readily rideable on a road bike with ordinary tyres In the final 5k the gradient is a bit inconsistent but never more than 12％ or less than 6％ the average grade as shown on the profile is correct. This is a much better and more challenging climb than the cucheron. As of August 2025 only three recorded Strava times which is a shame, the clim... read more