Route du Château

Route du Château is a long, mostly runnable climb above Villars-Colmars in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. At 3.0 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Expect 42 to 70 minutes. Its steepest 500 metres run at 20.5% and start 5.3 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. The path is graded easy hiking: the effort is in your lungs, not your footing. South-facing, so it is hot in summer and one of the first to clear of snow.

TEP: 3.0
Climb: +496 m
Distance: 5.7 km
Average grade: 8.8%
Time: 42 to 70 min

Climbs nearby

Moderate climb, 1.2 km at 15.4% (0.1 km away)
Moderate climb, 1.0 km at 19.6% (0.4 km away)
Villars-Colmars NE climb, 1.6 km at 13.4%, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (0.6 km away)
Cirque de Juan, 1.6 km at 13.9% (1.2 km away)
Moderate climb, 954 m at 17.3% (1.6 km away)
Espace Trail Villars-Chasse, 4.3 km at 9.7%, Villars-Colmars (1.9 km away)