Route de Sainte-Croix
A long, power-hike climb above Sainte-Croix in Vaud. The hardest 500 metres average 25.8% and start 2.5 km in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. East-facing, so it takes the morning sun and is in shade by the afternoon. Most runners need 48 to 80 minutes. At 8.0 TEP it is harder than 72% of the climbs in the catalogue. The path is graded easy hiking: the effort is in your lungs, not your footing. It is part of the Swiss Canyon Trail: Ultra-trail Suisse romande près du Jura et France - 111K course.
- TEP
- 8.0
- Climb
- +695 m
- Distance
- 5.3 km
- Average grade
- 13.0%
- Time
- 48 to 80 min
Races with this climb
Climbs nearby
- Sainte-Croix E climb, 7.5 km at 12.3%, Vaud (same start)
- Les Rasses S climb, 6.2 km at 16.3%, Vaud (0.1 km away)
- Sainte-Croix SW climb, 1.0 km at 15.4%, Vaud (0.1 km away)
- Sainte-Croix SE climb, 1.6 km at 13.6%, Vaud (0.5 km away)
- Sainte-Croix SE climb, 4.2 km at 10.6%, Vaud (0.5 km away)
- Les Rasses S climb, 1.5 km at 20.2%, Vaud (0.9 km away)
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