Cycling Routes

Climbs from Oz-en-Oisans

Cycling from the chalet

Five classic climbs, five different rides

All distances measured
from Oz-en-Oisans

Straight from the door: how far you'll need to ride or drive before the climbing even starts.
Climb	km to base from Oz	Climb length	Elevation gain	Avg. gradient	Summit
Alpe d'Huez 21 bends · starts in Bourg-d'Oisans Climb details →	14 km	13 km	1,132 m	8.4%	1,860 m
Col d'Ornon quiet back road · starts near Bourg-d'Oisans Climb details →	13 km	14 km	558 m	3.8%	1,371 m
Col de Sarenne 2013 Tour finale · starts atop Alpe d'Huez Climb details →	18 km	10 km	314 m	3.1%	1,999 m
Col du Glandon via the Grand'Maison dam · starts in Rochetaillée Climb details →	10 km	30 km	1,419 m	4.7%	1,924 m
Col de la Croix de Fer shares the Glandon road · starts in Rochetaillée Climb details →	10 km	32 km	1,557 m	4.8%	2,067 m

"km to base" is the road distance from Oz-en-Oisans to the start of each climb — not the climb itself. Alpe d'Huez and Ornon are reached via Bourg-d'Oisans; Glandon and Croix de Fer share the same lower road through Allemond and Rochetaillée; the Sarenne climb begins only once you've already reached the top of Alpe d'Huez.

Climbs from Oz-en-Oisans - Allemond side

Cycling from the chalet

Three climbs from the Allemond side

All distances measured
from Oz-en-Oisans

All three share the same starting point – Allemond, just below the Verney dam – so it's an easy warm-up ride down before the climbing begins.
Climb	km to base from Oz	Climb length	Elevation gain	Avg. gradient	Summit
Col du Sabot wild & remote · Isère's highest paved pass · starts in Allemond Climb details →	7 km	18.3 km	1,370 m	7.5%	2,100 m
Montée d'Oz Allemond → Oz-en-Oisans · short, steep, straight up to the door Climb details →	7 km	7.7 km	560 m	7.3%	1,350 m
Villard-Reculas quiet, shaded & scenic · starts in Allemond Climb details →	7 km	9.3 km	639 m	6.8%	1,466 m

"km to base" is the road distance from Oz-en-Oisans down to Allemond, where all three climbs begin. Col du Sabot is the toughest and wildest of the three – a dead-end road into the high pastures above the Lac de Grand Maison. Montée d'Oz is the most direct: it's the very road that brings you home. Villard-Reculas is the gentlest and quietest, a shaded back way up towards Alpe d'Huez.