Cycling Col du Solude Le Bourg d'Oisans

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Col du Solude - Le Bourg d'Oisans

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France > Rhone-Alpes > Le Bourg d'Oisans > Col du Solude

Average grade: 7.6 %

Length: 12.56 km

Height start: 724 m

Height top: 1680 m

Elevation: 956 m

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Col du Solude rankings

Difficulty ranking world: 947 (all)
Ranking France: 204 (all)
Ranking Alps: 417 (all)
Difficulty score: 107.32 what?

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Description

The Col du Solude is situated in Rhone-Alpes and belongs to the Alps . Starting from Le Bourg d'Oisans, the Col du Solude ascent is 12.56 km long. Over this distance, you climb 956 heightmeters. The average percentage thus is 7.6 %.

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Stories, information and comments from Col du Solude climbers

Story by Arthur Carter from Hanover, MD, United States, submitted on 09/01/2009

Aug 31, 2009. From BdO, climb starts immediately. I see profile above, but I swear my Garmin didnt go below 10% with a lot of 11-12%. Perhaps the 8,6% is in tunnels. Tunnel 1 is pitch black-exit around corner. Next 2 tunnels, some light. Lower & upper climb is in trees but great views of Romanche, BdO, AdH. Middle is like they glued road to side of the cliff. 1 lane all the way. Pavement is ok. Basically its a 10% climb for 8km. I saw 4 cars. From Notre Dame, road is loose gravel over thin asphalt, but it is rideable to top. Views are stunning, but road is not for faint of heart. I decided to go to Villard Reymond. Over top, road is worse. I rode all but 100m. Skinny tires & rough rocky path are tough with 10-12%. Descent to La Pallud, and to D1091 smooth, steep, technical. Fun descent, speed is limited w/rocks in road & steep, tight switchbacks. Views are amazing. Route should have taken 2 hours. 6kph on unpaved bits, it was 3+. If you like hard climbs, have really good bike handling skills, go for it. When you get back to road near Reymond, go left to town and water.

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