Route de la Pleyeux
A very steep climb above Saxon in Valais. The hardest 500 metres average 27.6% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 29 to 49 minutes. At 11.0 TEP it is harder than 81% of the climbs in the catalogue. North-facing, so it holds shade and snow longer than the sunny side of the valley. The path is graded easy hiking: the effort is in your lungs, not your footing.
- TEP
- 11.0
- Climb
- +458 m
- Distance
- 2.2 km
- Average grade
- 20.8%
- Time
- 29 to 49 min
Climbs nearby
- Saxon NW climb, 1.6 km at 21.8%, Valais (same start)
- Saxon NW climb, 929 m at 15.8%, Valais (0.3 km away)
- Saxon SW climb, 926 m at 16.7%, Valais (0.6 km away)
- Saxon N climb, 985 m at 16.0%, Valais (0.7 km away)
- Saxon NE climb, 644 m at 17.9%, Valais (0.7 km away)
- Saxon N climb, 821 m at 17.4%, Valais (0.9 km away)
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