La Verticale
This very steep climb rises above Saint-Jean-de-Tholome in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Expect 39 to 66 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 39.8% and start 2.9 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Facing southwest, it takes the afternoon heat and melts out early in the year. The nearest named summit, Tête de l'écutieux at 1,627 m, is 600 m away. At 12.0 TEP it is harder than 84% of the climbs in the catalogue. Graded demanding mountain hiking, meaning footing matters more than fitness in places.
- TEP
- 12.0
- Climb
- +611 m
- Distance
- 3.3 km
- Average grade
- 18.4%
- Time
- 39 to 66 min
Climbs nearby
- le Môle au Départ de chez Béroud, 4.5 km at 15.5% (0.1 km away)
- Liaison Gallinons-chez Beroud, 2.2 km at 20.2% (1 km away)
- le Môle au Départ des Granges, 878 m at 30.9% (2 km away)
- le Môle au Départ des Granges, 3.0 km at 18.6% (2.2 km away)
- Boucle du Réray, 716 m at 18.8%, Pontchy (2.5 km away)
- Boucle du Réray, 783 m at 16.4% (2.8 km away)
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