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3:39pm 10-21-2007
Kenny Lee

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Passo di Gavia
Starting from Bormio,Italy the scenery changes from pine forests to rugged 'moonscapes' near the top. The ride from the top to Pointe di Legno was really fun.
3:38pm 10-21-2007
Jordi

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Vallter 2000 2.Llac de Sant Maurici 3.Ordino-Arcalís 4.Colle di Agnello 5.Colle di Sampeyre
Hello all of you! My favourite climb is Vallter 2000, a catalan ski resort near the french border (13 kms at 7,8% with the first three-four kms at 10-12%). The tarmac ends at 2180 metres above sea level in a magnificient mountain scenario. Then, there's another not well known climb near Port de la Bonaigua called Llac de Sant Maurici. 1000 metres gain and 20% sections with a superb final view of The Encantats (2750 metres). Another ski resort in Andorra: Ordino-Arcalís, final climb of the 1997 Tour (Ullrich's Tour) in a hard mountain stage (with the Envalira-Ordino-Arcalís thrilogy). In Italy there are lots of beautiful and steep climbs like Agnello, Sampeyre, Fauniera, Zoncolan, Marmolada, Giau, Pampeago.... Well, apologies for my poor written English! Adéu.
3:38pm 10-21-2007
Mitch Thornton

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Going to the Sun, Montana USA : Great 2.Salmo - Creston, Kootenay Pass (Hwy-3), BC Canada
The Salmo - Creston road gives 1110m climb on perfect pavement. Very little traffic & great high mountain scenery. Ride west to east for the best continuous climb. On a warm day you can take a swim in the lake at the summit. The decent into Creston is 40 km of high-speed coasting.
3:37pm 10-21-2007
Dave Wyman

Name of your favourite climbs

1. Fargo Street - Los Angeles, CA, USA - 33% grade, 1/10 of a mile, great views of the city and "local" Santa Monica mountains.
2. Kaiser Pass - when it is part of the "Climb to Kaiser" bike ride, sponsored by the Fresno (California) cycling club.
3. Santa Rosa Creek Road - goes from sea level, in Cambria, California, up into the Coast Range mountains, past farms and vineyards and ranches, to reach state highway 41.
This is a wonderful website. Thanks, Luddo, for putting it together.
I have a website with stories and a few pictures, about bicycling in southern California, USA: http://www.icyclist.com
Dave Wyman
3:37pm 10-21-2007
Elsa Scammell

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Harlech; named in your list; Vale Street Bristol 2.Nailsworth Ladder 3.Corrieyairick Pass Constitution Hill, Swansea 4.Clovelly 5.
These are nostalgia items; I cannot go amywhere now, because of age, disability and ill-health. I would appreciate a picture of the Harlech steep road, and an up-to-date version of Constitution Hill,Swansea. I cannot find either of these on the web, and I need permission from Swansea. Thanks, Elsa Scammell
3:37pm 10-21-2007
Randall Braun

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Tioga Pass through Yosemite, Ca. 12,700' climb/ 111.5 miles 2.Hwy 108 Sonora Pass, Ca. 9,900' climb/ 79.8 miles 3.Hwy 4 Ebbetts Pass, Ca. 9,300' climb/ 81.1 miles 4.Hwy 88 Carson Pass, Ca. 9,120' climb/ 82.7 miles 5.French Meadows Folly, Ca. 8,230' climb 74.8 miles 6.Trial of Two Cities, Ca. Nv. 8,200' climb 88.0 miles 7.Monitor Pass, Ca. Nv. 5,500' climb/ 68.1 miles
These and other great rides and climbes can be found in my second and third Cyclists Route Atlas guide books: Gold Country & High Sierra/ North & South. They are still available on Amazon.com if you search under my full name, Randall Gray Braun. Enjoy!
3:36pm 10-21-2007
John Z

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Whiteface Mountain, NY USA 8 miles 8.4% average grade. 2.Mount Washington, NH USA 7.4 miles 12% average grade -- worse than Zocolan by a wide margin. 3.Bear Mountain, NY USA only 4.5 miles and 5.5% average grade, but within cycling distance to my apartment in New York City.
There is a race up Whiteface Mountain on June 21, 2003 -- open registration on http://www.active.com
3:36pm 10-21-2007
Henrik Eliasson

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Mt Ventoux (Not necessarily in this order) 2.Timmelsjoch 3.Gavia 4.Albula 5.Mortirolo 6.Stelvio 7.Izoard 8.Bonette 9.Pt St Bernard 10.Nufenen
Maybe some other passes should be on the list but factors like wheather may make you feel not comfortable during the climb (for exemple August 2002 climbing Gr St Bernard south side in cold and rain). Beautiful nature but...
3:35pm 10-21-2007
thibault dieste mur

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Bielsa
If what you're looking for is tough climbs, try the one from Bielsa (central spanish pyrenees) to the Liena mountain top(1000m to 2600m) and again from Bielsa to the Urdiceto lake (1000m to 2400m in 13 km). you'll need an off-road bike though, but the track is good.
3:35pm 10-21-2007
Joan Manuel BACO

Name of your favourite climbs

1. Col de la Bataille 2. Col de la Llose 3. Col de la Dona 4. Col de Brousse 5. Pas de l'Escale
Tous ces cols sont dans les Pyrénées orientales (Roussillon: East-Pyrénées, Southern France - Northern Catalonia).
3:34pm 10-21-2007
Joan et Benoît

Name of your favourite climbs

1. Ventoux 2. Galibier + Télégraphe 3. Alpe d'Huez 4. Deux Alpes 5. Col de Jau
Very interesting site ! Thanx for sharing your Cycling moments.
We are going to do l'Etape du Tour 2003 (Pau - Bayonne) and it's very helpful to know other cyclists' impression about these cols (Soudet, Larrau, Bagargui...).
See U on the roads !
3:34pm 10-21-2007
Matt Griffiths

Name of your favourite climbs

1.Bighorn Mtns, Wyoming, Highway 14A 2.Mt Lemmon, Tucson,Arizona 3.Mt Madonna, San Jose,California,east side 4.Mt Hamilton, San Jose, CA 5.Ebbits Pass, Markleeville, CA Death Ride
Please visit Tour Tales - Bicycle Touring Stories and Info
http://home.earthlink.net/~skatermatt/
3:33pm 10-21-2007
Frédéric Pard

Name of your favourite climbs

- Pico Veleta, 3400M, Sierra Nevada, Spain - Mount Evans, 4347 m, Colorado, USA - Trail ridge road, 3700m, Colorado, USA - Sella di Monte Zoncolan, 1700m, Alps, Italy : The toughest climb in the world. Believe me, it's true. - Koralpen, 2220 , 16 km @ 11 %, Karnten, Austria - Thurner Zettersfeld strasse; 1700, 7 km @ 15% ! Karnten, Austria - Molltaler Glestscher strasse, 2365, 22 km @11% - Friuli Venezia
Monte Zoncolan is the most fanstatic one. 10 km at 11.8%, the middle 6km average 15 % with a peak at 21 %, pavement is very bad, road is very narrow. Mortirolo is nothing but a hill compared to Zoncolan. I've recenty heard about serious roads in hAWAI. Have you ever heard of them , Frédéric, in the never ending quest for the toughest climb in the world.
3:33pm 10-21-2007
Johan

Name of your favourite climbs

From Kottayam (sealevel) to Thekkadi (110 km), Western Ghats, Southern India. Continue from Thekadi to Munnar (110km, both at approx. 1500 m). Finally from Munnar all the way down to Cochin at sealevel (140 km) * Probolinggo (sealevel) to Mnt. Bromo
3:32pm 10-21-2007
Greg Klaassen

Name of your favourite climbs

Local to me - road -Cypress bowl, Vancouver Local to me - offroad - Diamond Head - Garibaldi Provincial park British Columbia - Canada Overseas - Arthurs pass, NZ
I believe the steepest paved road in the world is on the South Island of New Zealand, I read it in lonely planet but havent ridden it yet. Can anyone confirm? Best theme hill ride Ive done is out of Penticton Bc following the abandoned Kettle Valley Railway

Luddo: The steepest road in the world: the Baldwinstreet in Dunedin, New Zealand, according to the Guinness Book of World Records 38%
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