Steepest 250 m: 11%
Foot: 247 m Top: 1036 m
Mean slope: 3.8%
Length: 20.5 km
From: Artemare
Road conditions (2020): good
Other race bikers: 1-5 per hour
Motor vehicles: 10-30 per hour
Scenery and road:
(3/5)
Restaurant or bar near top: no
The climb from Artemare to the Col de Richemond
is quite long (20.5 kilometers)
and there are 789 meters of altitude between start and finish.
The average gradient is therefore 3.8%,
which is not really terrifying.
The hardest are the first 4 kilometers ending at
Champagne-en-Valromey.
These include the steepest two kilometers of the ride (8.2%).
After Champagne, the ascent is characterised
by wide views over the Valromey
and on the mountains further south,
and in the last 6 kilometers of the ride, past Sothonod,
by a charming landscape of meadows,
forests and rolling hills.
The pass (1036 meters) is reached about one and a half
kilometers past the highest point (1055 meters).
Camping Les Erables .
Tip!
Ideal starting point for Col du Grand Colombier and Col de la Biche.
Warm hospitality and swimming pool nearby.