A superb introduction to the Alps for anyone coming in from the north or west (e.g. UK, Belgium, Holland). Champagnole is a nice place to stop off overnight after the down.
The road starts off with lovely sweeping bends on an excellent surface. There are a number of villages which provide fill-up stops, but not too many that the going is slow. The road ascends gradually, then becomes steeper with excellent corners all the way. Your bike is hardly ever upright. As you reach the top of the climb, the road gets steeper and the turns tighter,but is suitably wide all the way up. It never gets as tight as the Col de l'Iseran for example. Lovely views on the way up, and as you crest the climb you get to see all the way across Lake Geneva to the mountains on the other side. A feast of corners on the way back down and you emerge smack into Geneva, with the motorway easily accessible to nip down to Val d'Isere.
Time to complete the run is approx 1.5 hours.
Champagnole - Morez - Col de la Faucille - Gex - Geneva - R5
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Written by AlpineRoads
May 03, 2012
| Type | Country | Distance | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains | France/Switzerland | 91 km (57 mi) | 1h 52m |
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Directions
| Begin | Destination |
|---|---|
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Rue du Sauget, 39300 Champagnole, France, Franche-Comté |
Boulevard Georges-Favon 45, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva |
Location
Address
Rue du Sauget, 39300 Champagnole, France
General Route
Route Type
Mountains
Distance
90,979
Duration
6,729
(Partial) toll road
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This road may be seasonally closed
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Editor review
| Overall rating | 3.7 | |
| User Overall Summary | 4.0 | |
| Scenery | 3.0 | |
| Corners | 4.0 | |
| Road Surface | 4.0 | |
| Traffic | 3.0 | |
| Passing | 4.0 | |
| Police and speed enforcement | 3.0 |
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