Route du Mont

A long, power-hike climb above Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The hardest 500 metres average 28.0% and start 3.6 km in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. Facing southwest, it takes the afternoon heat and melts out early in the year. Most runners need 62 to 104 minutes. At 18.0 TEP it is harder than 92% of the climbs in the catalogue. Graded demanding alpine hiking: exposed scrambling where a slip has consequences. The nearest named summit, Dent de Verreu at 1,901 m, is 860 m away.

TEP: 18.0
Climb: +952 m
Distance: 5.4 km
Average grade: 17.6%
Time: 62 to 104 min

Climbs nearby

l'Aouille du Criou, 2.2 km at 15.5%, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (same start)
Anciennes Gorges des Tines - le Mont, 578 m at 25.9%, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (0.7 km away)
Anciennes Gorges des Tines - le Mont, 1.3 km at 18.4%, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (0.8 km away)
Anciennes Gorges des Tines - le Mont, 1.9 km at 11.6%, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (1 km away)
Boucle de Criou, 1.4 km at 16.3%, Samoëns (1.3 km away)
Chalet et Aouille de Criou, 8.2 km at 18.9% (1.3 km away)