アンプルプイの峠・トップ11

Even using the cycle lane I don't feel safe: heavy road traffic and a circuit popular with motorbikes which overtake you at very high speed.

A rolling pass but with a lot of traffic including some heavy goods vehicles. A wide cycle lane allows cyclists to climb in safety. However I advise to take another pass to make the junction, for example to use the road between the cassettes and the pestle on a false uphill slope.

Col de la Croix des Fourches, in the middle of the forest, on the heights of the village of Saint-Just d'Avray.

A small pass to do from Tarare, or Valsonne. Not very hard percentages and quite short. Rural landscapes surround us on the climb. Note a beautiful little road that connects the Col de la Croix Paquet, Col du Pilon with beautiful views but a coating that is not incredible so you can enjoy the landscapes.

Nice little pass to do from Grandris with some very nice switchbacks by the main road linking Grandris to St Just where a small diverted road completely lost starts. On the other side it also goes up from St Just. In both cases the climb is short and easy. However, the road that connects Grandris to St Just is a valuable alternative to the valley road because it is much less busy and has very beautiful landscapes.

3 or even 5 possible climbs: from Azergues via Grandris 3: the main one, a small annex in less good condition from Grandris Haut and a terrible variant via Gondras with passages at 25% from Grandris bas. They all return to the main road before the pass. The main road and on a road in fairly good condition, little gradient 3/4% for about 9 km with beautiful landscapes and quite a few clear views. On the Rhine valley side, you can climb from Cublize (approximately 5% average but much shorter) or from Magny via Meaux la Montagne. On the latter the climb to Meaux is quite steep at 7/8% then after Meaux the slope is gentle not far from 2/3%. On these faces the landscapes are less clear but still appreciable. In summer be careful because good parts of the pass especially from the Rhine are in full dodger for quite a long time.

Fairly easy pass on the Ronno side. Beginning of the Col du Pilon quite busy with cars then branch off for a quieter road. The landscape is not too present on the other hand the atmosphere is great in the forest especially in wet weather. On the St Just d'Avray side if you climb from the Azergues valley, the ascent is long but gradual. The percentages become really interesting from St Just. On this side the landscapes are more present before branching off for the last part where you enter the forest with an even steeper percentage: 6/7% with the same refreshing atmosphere, especially in summer. At the top there is not a great view but for the atmosphere, the altitude it is still nice. You can join the forest road of the ridges in gravel or mountain bike.

Quiet climb with a view of the wind turbines