Route Forestière de la Belle Etoile

A power-hike climb above Mercury in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The hardest 500 metres average 21.5% and start 1.7 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 34 to 57 minutes. At 7.5 TEP it is harder than 69% of the climbs in the catalogue. Graded mountain hiking: rougher ground where footing starts to matter. The nearest named summit, La Belle Étoile at 1,841 m, is 758 m away.

TEP: 7.5
Climb: +509 m
Distance: 3.4 km
Average grade: 15.2%
Time: 34 to 57 min

Climbs nearby

Circuit de la Forêt, 1.6 km at 27.0% (0.1 km away)
Circuit des Crètes, 2.8 km at 14.5% (0.1 km away)
Circuit des Crètes, 2.6 km at 28.8%, Mercury (0.1 km away)
Pdipr73 3432et, 662 m at 34.9% (0.8 km away)
la Traversée du Massif, 602 m at 27.5% (1.5 km away)
la Traversée du Massif, 1.1 km at 16.0% (1.5 km away)