Can you name the Climb?

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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 19,542
    t4tomo wrote:
    Mont Cenis?
    Yes, in June last year.
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  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    edited December 2014
    Mr Goo wrote:
    theknowledge wrote:
    Joux Plane?


    Yes indeedy. My first ever Alpine climb, started at 7 in morning whilst very quiet and cool. .Quite fantastic to see Mont Blanc as one climbs to the cafe and lake at the top.

    I reckon the climb on other side of valley to the Ski Station is harder, 'Plateau de Saix'. It has never featured in any pro race as it would have to be a stage finish (dead end).

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    Top: 1626 m
    Average gradient: 9.2 %

    I'm a regular on the Joux Plane, well, every July :D This year, for the first time I went up Plateau des Saix (aka Samoens 1600) and yes, it is very hard! The view from the top is superb.
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    So this was the best challenge in my area a youth. Very challenging on a 3 gear Raleigh commando!

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  • mr_goo
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    t4tomo wrote:
    So this was the best challenge in my area a youth. Very challenging on a 3 gear Raleigh commando!

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  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    Definitely not.

    From the hairpins I thought perhaps Rosedale, but I've never been there so that is most likely total bullocks.
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    It is indeed Rosedale Chimney Bank. No Bullocks whatsoever.
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  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    Looks horrific!

    My turn.

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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    D O G wrote:
    Looks horrific!
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    And thats just the top section! The bit just after the second hairpin is the worst. Lovely view from the top though!
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  • briantrumpet
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    D O G wrote:
    My turn.

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    The B3357 at Dartmeet.
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  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    Spot on.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 19,542
    D O G wrote:
    Spot on.
    I'd rather go up that one than down it.

    Here's the next:

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    I'll give you a clue - it's not Dartmoor.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    Looks like it's in the Pyrenees, Aspin?
  • briantrumpet
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    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Looks like it's in the Pyrenees, Aspin?
    Fraid not.
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  • DeVlaeminck
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    Mad_Malx wrote:
    DeVlaeminck wrote:

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    Strade Bianchi somewhere?


    Looks like that but wrong country. Look carefully at the other photo (sorry edited the wrong one out) and there is a big clue !
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,031
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
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    Clue in this one
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  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    Offroad track up to Ventoux? AKA Piste des Graviers Blancs
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,031
    dodgy wrote:
    Offroad track up to Ventoux? AKA Piste des Graviers Blancs


    Got it (or at least if that's the name for the forest road that turns off from the Bedoin route?) as you probably noticed the clue is the little tower thing at the top just visible through the trees.
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  • dave milne
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,941
    dave milne wrote:
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    The Wall in Ashdown Forest.
  • phreak
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  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    phreak wrote:
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    The road from Le Bourg D'Oisans to Villard Notre Dame - I think it's just before the 'big' tunnel
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,941
    That's right. Cracking climb (bit hairy on the way back down though)
  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    I did this in the wet once - rocks falling onto the road, it was very scary....

    If you carry on when the road stops, it is possible to negotiate the track to Villard Reymond on a road bike as long as you are steady. Worth it for the views the the Alp.


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  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    So is it possible/ advisable to do this on a road bike as a circular route, coming back to Bourg via the Col d'Ornon road? I have heard different people give different opinions....
  • briantrumpet
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    shazzz wrote:
    So is it possible/ advisable to do this on a road bike as a circular route, coming back to Bourg via the Col d'Ornon road? I have heard different people give different opinions....
    I think it depends on the state of the road - when I was there we were told that it was very crumbly.
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  • andcp
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    shazzz wrote:
    So is it possible/ advisable to do this on a road bike as a circular route, coming back to Bourg via the Col d'Ornon road? I have heard different people give different opinions....

    Yes it is possible to do a circular, we did in July this year (for information I was on an R3 with RS81 wheels and 23mm GP 4000's). My advice would be:
    1. Do it from the Le Bourg side as there is a climb and you're better off going up it.
    2. Make sure it hasn't rained for a few days
    3. Take your time and don't expect to set any blistering Strava segments
    4. Keep away from the edge as it could collapse - it is quite a wide track though.

    Do it - the views are great ;)
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  • Le Commentateur
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    Yes i did it as a loop and returning via the lower half of the col d'Ornon back to Bourg d'Oisans. The middle section along the top ridge facing the valley is basically like a logger's road – untarmaced but rideable with occasional puddles. It's in the shade a lot so is likely to be damp unless there hasn't been rain for a while.

    They do a very good omlette for lunch at the cafe in the little village at the top of the initial climb from Bourg.
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  • mr_goo
    mr_goo Posts: 3,770
    Should be easy this one.

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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,941
    That's the military road on the way past Comptom Bay and into Freshwater. A smashing training route that I do often (albeit from the other way)
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 19,542
    briantrumpet wrote:
    Here's the next:

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    I'll give you a clue - it's not Dartmoor.

    Two clues: the TdF is almost certain to go up it in 2015, and here's the top:

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