Alpe d'Huez from Le Bourg-d'Oisans: elevation profile

Alpe d'Huez from Le Bourg-d'Oisans: 14.9 km uphill, gaining 1,112 m at an average of 7.5%. The profile below is coloured by climb category, with the grade of every kilometre.

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Key figures

Length: 14.9 km
Start altitude: 719 m
Summit altitude: 1,831 m
Height gain, start to summit: 1,112 m
Total climbing: 1,115 m
Average grade: 7.5%
Category (our calculation): HC

Category HC by our calculation (length × average grade), an approximation rather than an official ranking.

What the profile shows

The steepest kilometres are around km 5; the grade eases most around km 2. The grade stays close from one half to the other (7.1% then 7.9%). The last 3 kilometres average 7.3%.

Estimated grade per km

km 10.1%
km 22.4%
km 39.7%
km 48.8%
km 511.9%
km 67.7%
km 78.8%
km 86.8%
km 910.1%
km 107.9%
km 118%
km 127.5%
km 137.6%
km 1410.3%
km 15 (900 m)3.9%

Profile calculated from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus terrain model: length and altitude may differ by a few tens of metres, and the kilometre-by-kilometre grades are estimates.

Also in the Alps

Col du Galibier · from Valloire 18.1 km · 6.8% · 1,233 m · HC
Col d'Izoard · from Briançon 19.1 km · 5.9% · 1,132 m · HC
Col de la Madeleine · from La Chambre 19.5 km · 7.9% · 1,538 m · HC
Stelvio Pass · from Prato allo Stelvio 25.2 km · 7.4% · 1,870 m · HC
Stelvio Pass · from Bormio 21.4 km · 7.3% · 1,551 m · HC
Mortirolo Pass · from Mazzo di Valtellina 10.8 km · 11.8% · 1,271 m · HC
Gavia Pass · from Ponte di Legno 17.8 km · 7.8% · 1,391 m · HC

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