The hill just keeps coming at you. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to bring the pain The descent down to Morzine is really fun. This is the climb that Pantani did on one of his superhuman EPO fuelled days in 34 minutes in the TdF.Now spend half our time living in Les Gets so this is a local climb. I went to the Alps in the summer of 2007 with a tour organised by endlessride.com, staying in Morzine. The descent into Morzine is the best reward (even better than the Crepe Complete at the Chalet du Col).

Got to the top in a shade over 51 minutes, which, as a 41 year old club cyclist, I was very pleased with. I found both time that it is a good climb to find a rythm on, although the gradient is harsh. ViaMichelin : l'info trafic routier en … Vallée de Joux : Webcams - Suisse - Images en direct - Domaine skiable - Livecam - - Webcam - Webcam météo - Station de ski - - Cams - Vaud / Région du Léman

The bottom 3 kms are just brutal if you start from Samoens at the junction, but you''re pedaling through essentially suburbs (albeit at 10 pct gradient!). I had a 12-21 and 44-53 on my Cervello P3C Triathlon Bike and reached the summit in 38 minutes in my first attempt. The climb was great, some amazing views and a real challenge. Le chemin se prend à droite de la route à la cote 1629 m. Un petit dégagement permet de garer 5 ou 6 voitures : au-delà, il faut poursuivre et se parquer au parking du Lac de Joux Plane. It''s a gem! The Col de Joux Plane is situated in Rhone-Alpes.This climb belongs to the Alps. Au sommet, la vue est superbe sur les … I managed a respectable 57 minutes (on a road bike), fastest mountain bike time was 1 hr 15 so 1 hr 05 sounds pretty good! I hadn''t researched it enough and it ended up as a mental and physical battle. For me is un Hors Category

Age 47.

I cycled this in August, in the heat, after some ill advised drinking the night before. Chalet Joux Plane is operated by The Boutique Chalet Company. It is ranked No.

Took 45 minutes in the and was raining heavy! La montée vers la Pointe de Nyon donne de beaux points de vue sur la station des Gets et sur Morzine. I am scottish, so heat is not good, and I rarely drink, so, oh, my head. I tried it on Tour day but got stopped by the police 5km short of the summit. The climb is simply unrelenting - but for a first timer in the French Alps it was magic every minute. Once you''re into the climb proper it''s definitely tough, with some nasty ramps, but kms 7-10 are not as bad as I feared.

Well, the locals warned me. We pootled along to Samoens from Les Gets, and then started the climb. Ive dragged over 20 guests up this climb now as part of day-rides out and times have varied from 57mins to over 2hrs, so everybody can make it! Had come over from Les Carroz so including the climb back home this was my biggest test to date. September 2012, the weather was perfect and the scenery and gradient were both unrelenting. Got some great encouragement from other riders in the last 2 k who had completed it and resting on road side - just what I needed. Beautiful scenery throughout and a compulsory beer blanche at the top over-looking mont-blanc. Cafe at the official top and great views. It was a absolute sufferfest. You can make a nice 50-60 km loop back into samoens if you like. I''ve had the privledge of biking up many of the storied climbs in the French and Italian Alps. I did it early in the morning on a cool day, so I could see how doing it when it''s hot would be a different story. This climb was much harder than Alpe d''Huez, but it''s the ones that make you really suffer that you never, ever forget. First time took me an hour, second after a few days training in the mountains managed to get it down to 55 minutes which I was content with. I climbed the CdJP this summer (2006) about a month before the tour. And yes I managed to break the hour barrier this year so was well chuffed. PS rumours are the 2015 TdF will include the Joux Plane first time since 2010:-) Col de la croix Fry 1477 m Sommet de Beauregard Col de la croix Fry 1450m Praz de Lys Sommand.