Col de la Madeleine from La Chambre: elevation profile
Col de la Madeleine from La Chambre: 19.5 km uphill, gaining 1,538 m at an average of 7.9%. The profile below is coloured by climb category, with the grade of every kilometre.
The profile
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Key figures
- Length
- 19.5 km
- Start altitude
- 472 m
- Summit altitude
- 2,010 m
- Height gain, start to summit
- 1,538 m
- Total climbing
- 1,538 m
- Average grade
- 7.9%
- 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 8; the grade eases most around km 12. The grade stays close from one half to the other (7.9% then 7.9%). The last 3 kilometres average 7.6%.
Estimated grade per km
- km 14.7%
- km 27.6%
- km 37.8%
- km 49.5%
- km 58.3%
- km 69.6%
- km 76.3%
- km 810%
- km 97.3%
- km 107.1%
- km 119.5%
- km 126.2%
- km 137.5%
- km 149.5%
- km 159.1%
- km 167.3%
- km 177.3%
- km 188.5%
- km 197.5%
- km 20 (500 m)6.9%
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
- Alpe d'Huez · from Le Bourg-d'Oisans 14.9 km · 7.5% · 1,112 m · HC
- 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
- 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