Col du Galibier

from Le Monêtier-les-Bains · French Alps, France

Gradient:

<4%

4–7%

7–10%

10–12%

>12%

Approach route

GRADIENT PROFILE

<4%4–7%7–10%10–12%>12%

Km-by-km average gradient from Copernicus GLO-30 elevation data along the road.

From Le Monêtier-les-Bains, Col du Galibier climbs 8.7 km at 6.6% average, gaining 578 m to the 2 642 m summit, ramping to 11.8%. Its steepest kilometre averages 9.9% near km 8.1. On the Fiets scale this side rates 5.5. It is the gentler of the two approaches.

Surface

Asphalt99%

Gravel1%

Verified from OpenStreetMap surface data along the climb.

RIDE THE CLIMB

View at km 0.3 — Photo by etrimaille / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 0.8 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 1.4 — Photo by eric_s / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 2.5 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 3 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 3.5 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 4.1 — Photo by eric_s / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 4.6 — Photo by eric_s / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 5.2 — Photo by etrimaille / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 5.7 — Photo by eric_s / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 6.3 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 6.8 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 7.4 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 7.9 — Photo by pgiraud / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 8.4 — Photo by eric_s / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 8.7 — Photo by eric_s / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

FEATURED IN

Tour de France 2024 — Stage 4

as “Col du Galibier”

FROM LE MONÊTIER-LES-BAINS

Distance

8.7km

Elevation gain

578m

Avg gradient

6.6%

Max gradient

11.8%

Summit

2642m

Category

CAT 1

OTHER APPROACHES

Valloire

17.0 km · 6.9%

NEARBY CLIMBS

Col du Lautaret

2058m

Col du Télégraphe

1566m

Col de Granon

2413m

Col de l'Échelle

1762m

Col de Sarenne

1999m

RIDE IT FROM

Briançon

26 km from the climb · 1219 m elev

Bourg-d'Oisans

30 km from the climb · 728 m elev

French Alps

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