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The Col de la Charmette also known as the 'Route Forestiere de La Charmette' is a mountain road located in the Isère department, northwest of Grenoble. The road climbs up to the 'Col de la Charmette' at an altitude of 1261 metres but the road is not maintained after passing the monastery halfway along the route. If you are coming from the north after 4 km at the Buisson Ardent monastery, it is officially closed and prohibited to motor vehicles. It includes sections of gravel and broken pavement and crosses several dark tunnels. The road is very winding and narrow in places. In many places it is bordered on one side by cliffs, the other side by a drop of hundreds of metres without protection by railings, so be careful.

Nice climb from Grenoble with little traffic and certainly also suitable as a descent. The descent from here north to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont is not particularly good. The landscape/view is sometimes very good, but the asphalt is in poor condition. In some places the road is riddled with deep potholes and there is a lot of grit on the road. The road also leads through several unlit tunnels where the road surface is even worse. I would still highly recommend the northern part of the road as a driveway, especially if you ride a gravel bike.

Located above the Bannettes alpine pasture at 1,752 meters, the ol d'Hurtières offers multiple panoramas of the Chartreuse and Belledonne massifs, and the eastern slope of the Vercors.

Located above the Bannettes alpine pasture at 1,752 meters, the Col d'Hurtières offers multiple panoramas of the Chartreuse and Belledonne massifs, and the eastern slope of the Vercors.

The Col de la Charmette is hidden in the middle of the Chartreuse at the end of a dead-end road at an altitude of 1,261 meters. Located in the middle of the forest, it is a starting point for many hiking trails.

Hanging on the edge of a cliff, the path offers spectacular views of the valley and the walls of the Vercors massif.

Small pass above Voreppe with two completely different climbs. From Voreppe (6.5%) or from Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (<2%)

A beautiful climb in the forest without too many cars concluding on a pretty pass in the heart of Chartreuse