Chemin d'Ardens
This very steep climb rises above Abondance in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Expect 25 to 42 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 26.5% and start 1.3 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Northwest-facing, so it stays cool and holds snow late. The nearest named summit, Pointe de la Chavache at 2,080 m, is 900 m away. At 9.0 TEP it is harder than 76% of the climbs in the catalogue. It is graded demanding mountain hiking: expect sections where you watch every step.
- TEP
- 9.0
- Climb
- +394 m
- Distance
- 2.0 km
- Average grade
- 20.0%
- Time
- 25 to 42 min
Climbs nearby
- Circuit des Deux Lacs, 1.2 km at 14.8%, Abondance (0.3 km away)
- Circuit des Deux Lacs, 2.3 km at 16.7% (0.9 km away)
- Boucle des Plagnes, 4.2 km at 12.4%, Abondance (0.9 km away)
- le Tour du Mont de Grange, 1.2 km at 14.1% (1.3 km away)
- Col de l'Aup Couti Depuis Bassachaux, 1.4 km at 16.7% (1.4 km away)
- Col de l'Aup Couti Depuis Bassachaux, 1.9 km at 11.5%, Abondance (1.6 km away)
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