Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard

Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard is a Category 1 cycling climb, cresting at 2 188 m. Its hardest ascent, from Morgex, covers 26.3 km at 4.8% average, gaining 1 252 m, with ramps up to 19.5%. The steepest kilometre averages 14.4%, around km 12. It can also be climbed from Bourg-Saint-Maurice (29.8 km at 4.6%): 2 measured approaches in all, each profiled kilometre-by-kilometre against Copernicus GLO-30 elevation data. On the Fiets scale it rates 7.1. Above the treeline the summit holds snow well into spring, so the dependable riding window runs roughly June to October.

RIDE THE CLIMB — FROM BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE

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