Col du Grand Cucheron

from Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville · French Alps, France

Gradient:
<4%
4–7%
7–10%
10–12%
>12%

GRADIENT PROFILE

5.24.63.06.15.99.98.28.28.78.97.70123456789101112km361m1209m
<4%4–7%7–10%10–12%>12%

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

From Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville, Col du Grand Cucheron climbs 12.8 km at 6.6% average, gaining 848 m to the 1 183 m summit, ramping to 12.8%. Its steepest kilometre averages 10.6% near km 8.2. On the Fiets scale this side rates 5.8. It is the tougher of the climb's two approaches.

Surface

Asphalt99%
Gravel1%

Verified from OpenStreetMap surface data along the climb.

RIDE THE CLIMB

View at km 0.3KM 0.3
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View at km 0.8KM 0.8
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View at km 1.3KM 1.3
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View at km 1.8KM 1.8
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View at km 2.3KM 2.3
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View at km 3.8KM 3.8
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View at km 4.4KM 4.4
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View at km 5.4KM 5.4
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View at km 7.4KM 7.4
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View at km 9KM 9.0
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View at km 11KM 11.0
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View at km 12.8KM 12.8
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FROM SAINT-PIERRE-DE-BELLEVILLE

Distance

12.8km

Elevation gain

848m

Avg gradient

6.6%

Max gradient

12.8%

Summit

1183m

Category

CAT 1

OTHER APPROACHES