Col d'Izoard from Briançon: elevation profile
Col d'Izoard from Briançon: 19.1 km uphill, gaining 1,132 m at an average of 5.9%. The profile below is coloured by climb category, with the grade of every kilometre.
The profile
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Key figures
- Length
- 19.1 km
- Start altitude
- 1,213 m
- Summit altitude
- 2,345 m
- Height gain, start to summit
- 1,132 m
- Total climbing
- 1,165 m
- Average grade
- 5.9%
- 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 14. The second half is steeper than the first (7.6% against 4.3%). The last 3 kilometres average 7.6%. Km 5 goes downhill: the road loses height before climbing again. The route from Briançon starts with 1.5 km downhill: the profile starts at the low point, at 1,213 m.
Estimated grade per km
- km 16.3%
- km 26.3%
- km 37.3%
- km 44.2%
- km 5-0.6%
- km 62%
- km 77.5%
- km 82.8%
- km 93.5%
- km 103.8%
- km 117.8%
- km 127.6%
- km 138.1%
- km 148.9%
- km 156.2%
- km 167.7%
- km 177.9%
- km 187.6%
- km 196.8%
- km 20 (100 m)15.3%
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.
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- 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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Route © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Elevation: Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via Open-Meteo