From Le Clapier, the climb up the Col du Galibier is an outing in itself. Over 42 kilometers of climbing, with a tough final section of over 10%, leads to the summit of this iconic pass at an altitude of 2,642 meters.

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The biggest pass in the world

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The Galibier road was built from 1880, and was completed by the drilling of the summit tunnel in 1891[15]. But before the drilling of the tunnel the "strategic" road crossed the geographical Galibier pass at an altitude of 2,658 m in 1884.

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Distance 42.8 km

Uphill 2,990 m

Downhill 1,130 m

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