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Col des Posettes - Col de Balme

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490, Chevreuils, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Upper Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 74400, France
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Climb Profile

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1995 m2065 m2130 m2200 m5.6% from 0 m to 14 m5.0% from 14 m to 22 m3.3% from 22 m to 32 m7.1% from 32 m to 39 m7.8% from 39 m to 49 m8.7% from 49 m to 60 m7.3% from 60 m to 71 m4.7% from 71 m to 86 m3.4% from 86 m to 95 m4.1% from 95 m to 104 m3.4% from 104 m to 119 m4.4% from 119 m to 135 m6.9% from 135 m to 155 m7.8% from 155 m to 162 m8.0% from 162 m to 164 m7.8% from 164 m to 172 m7.0% from 172 m to 179 m8.0% from 179 m to 184 m5.9% from 184 m to 194 m7.4% from 194 m to 201 m7.2% from 201 m to 210 m6.8% from 210 m to 218 m4.1% from 218 m to 225 m5.4% from 225 m to 238 m3.1% from 238 m to 254 m4.4% from 254 m to 268 m3.7% from 268 m to 287 m2.8% from 287 m to 297 m2.2% from 297 m to 311 m21.3% from 311 m to 327 m16.8% from 327 m to 339 m14.0% from 339 m to 355 m6.8% from 355 m to 374 m6.4% from 374 m to 393 m12.1% from 393 m to 413 m5.8% from 413 m to 435 m6.8% from 435 m to 462 m13.3% from 462 m to 484 m12.3% from 484 m to 514 m8.8% from 514 m to 532 m13.0% from 532 m to 546 m8.9% from 546 m to 572 m7.4% from 572 m to 594 m15.5% from 594 m to 615 m17.6% from 615 m to 624 m15.1% from 624 m to 633 m12.9% from 633 m to 645 m13.4% from 645 m to 657 m12.6% from 657 m to 669 m12.8% from 669 m to 684 m13.8% from 684 m to 698 m12.7% from 698 m to 704 m13.7% from 704 m to 712 m11.2% from 712 m to 725 m15.5% from 725 m to 735 m13.0% from 735 m to 748 m10.6% from 748 m to 759 m9.7% from 759 m to 772 m8.9% from 772 m to 789 m4.7% from 789 m to 804 m0.8% from 804 m to 816 m5.7% from 816 m to 842 m4.2% from 842 m to 857 m4.2% from 857 m to 869 m4.0% from 869 m to 876 m2.4% from 876 m to 884 m3.0% from 884 m to 898 m3.7% from 898 m to 908 m0.0% from 908 m to 923 m2.8% from 923 m to 937 m3.2% from 937 m to 953 m2.2% from 953 m to 962 m2.1% from 962 m to 971 m1.0% from 971 m to 981 m0.7% from 981 m to 996 m0.7% from 996 m to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km1.1% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km1.0% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-0.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-0.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.9% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km4.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km6.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km6.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km11.2% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km11.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km12.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km14.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km12.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km16.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km16.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km10.3% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km10.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km9.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km8.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km12.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km15.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km13.0% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km15.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km10.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km8.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km4.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km10.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km13.0% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km11.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km12.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km18.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km20.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km19.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km19.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km19.5% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km22.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km19.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km14.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km20.0% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km13.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km9.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km16.9% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km13.3% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km18.3% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km8.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km18.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km26.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km21.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km21.4% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km10.7% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km15.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km15.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km17.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km18.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km20.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km12.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km13.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km14.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km14.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km16.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km12.4% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km13.6% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km10.6% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km15.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km12.5% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km16.9% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km18.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km16.9% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km14.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km11.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km16.5% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km10.3% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km12.4% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km15.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km14.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km12.9% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km13.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km7.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km9.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-0.9% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km-0.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km0.0% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km0.9% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km0.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km0.7% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km1.2% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km3.8% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km3.3% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km8.6% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km5.1% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km8.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km8.5% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km2.7% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km0.0% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km5.2% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km7%8%7%15%3%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.5 km / 1.56 miles
Elevation gain199.7 m / 655 ft
Average gradient8%
Maximum gradient22.1%
Elevation high2,198.5 m / 7,213 ft
Elevation low1,998.8 m / 6,558 ft
Climb difficulty score19,980.32

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 226,555th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 30,097th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 12,775th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 2,273rd out of 9,022 cycling climbs in Upper Savoy.

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Ranking 29th out of 179 cycling climbs in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

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