Col du Grand Colombier,Jura.

[100%JR]

Stage 9 of the Tour takes in this climb(I'm sure it was featured in the Dauphine too?) and it looks a bit of a beast.From what I can get off the internet there's four ways up but the route from Culoz in the South is the classic and the route the Tour takes?
My question is has anyone ridden it?
We're staying about 100km away in August(Lac de Chalain) and I was wondering if it's worth the drive to do one(or two) of the ascents or if anyone can suggest a loop if I were just do the classic ascent.
Or would it be better to do the classic ascent,loop around and descend to Anglefort?
Any help/advice will be much appreciated
Map of routes here:-
http://www.cycling-challenge.com/col-du ... ier-2/It's

[reohn2]

There's a nice loop from Culoz up the classic route then descend to Artemarie back to Culoz,a much nicer ride than descending to Anglefort
A great climb,happy days

[Cyril Haearn]

I don't know the area, but I suggest doing all the routes to see for yourself

I do wish the laws of physics could be changed so that one could ride uphill without having to ride down again, mind

[100%JR]

I don't know the area, but I suggest doing all the routes to see for yourself

I'll only have half a day(need to be back by lunch time and it's about an hours drive each way) and from what I've read doing all four ascents is a tough day so not really an option!

[100%JR]

I've just found out that the climb from Culoz is closed due to a landslide in March and is unlikely to reopen this year
It's showing 90mins each way to drive from where we're staying an I'm not sure I want to spend 3hrs in the car if I can't do the ascent I want
I think the best option is to stay a bit closer next year for a few days.