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The Col de la Loze is a 2304 meter high mountain pass in the French Alps

Beautiful route

The Col de Tougnète is a new challenge that was created during the summer of 2022 in the Vanoise massif in the heart of the "Three Valleys." The access road was built on the same principle as the Col de la Loze (which is a short distance away) by paving a ski slope in the Les Ménuires ski area. Unlike the Col de la Loze, the Col de Tougnète only offers one slope. The "cycle" path is, of course, closed to motorized vehicles. From the entrance to the Les Ménuires resort (alt. 1,732 meters), it's a "short" climb of 8.350 kilometers, offering 699 meters of elevation gain at an average of... 8.5%!

This is the classic southern slope of the pass, which begins at La Chambre. With a vertical drop of 1,591 m, a length of 19.3 km, and an average gradient of 7.9%, it's a colossus. The initial section has many hairpin bends and is covered with trees and vegetation. The intermediate section is probably the toughest. From the Saint François Longchamp ski resort, where there is a gentler section, there are a beautiful 5 km of completely open terrain where you can see the entire final section. Descending this pass is a delight because you build up speed and it also has all kinds of curves.

Spectacular port on all its sides. The most famous slope is the one that goes up through Les Lacets de Montvernier. Once this section is over, there are about 10 km of constant climbing with very beautiful views of the Maurienne valley.

The Col de la Madeleine connects the Tarantaise and Maurienne valleys. It is part of the family of exceptional passes with more than 1,500 meters of vertical drop on each of its sides.

The pass cannot be adequately described in words! Hardly any traffic, small, good street, never really steep, lots of nature (from Albertville), gigantic mountain panorama the higher you go, ..... .

Super nice discovery I had the opportunity to climb it with the Tour de France ascent race sponsored by Laurent Jalabert.