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Col d'Izoard from Cervières

9465.9 m · net rise 722.7 m · total ascent 738.9 m · overall 7.6% · evidence quality B (good) · Cervières · Hautes-Alpes ·

Shape: sustained — 27% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 75 m.

Not yet matched against documented climbs — the measurement stands on its own.

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)≈16%5853–5855 munder overhead cover terrain reads 131.2% at 2142–2144 m across a structure — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)≈14%7108–7111 munder overhead cover terrain reads 110.2% at 4672–4675 m across a structure — excluded
5 m≈14%5850–5855 munder overhead cover terrain reads 71.1% at 4672–4677 m across a structure — excluded
10 m≈12%5730–5740 munder overhead cover terrain reads 46.1% at 6893–6903 m across a structure — excluded
20 m≈12.1%5724–5744 munder overhead cover terrain reads 26.1% at 6893–6913 m across a structure — excluded
25 m≈11.9%5718–5743 munder overhead cover terrain reads 22.0% at 4672–4697 m across a structure — excluded
50 m≈11.5%5711–5761 munder overhead cover terrain reads 15.5% at 4672–4722 m across a structure — excluded
100 m≈11.2%5718–5818 munder overhead cover terrain reads 12.7% at 4672–4772 m across a structure — excluded

Map

Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap

This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.

Surface: paved throughout, according to BD TOPO®, IGN's national topographic database.

Measured, not vetted. This page records what the laser record shows about the road's shape — nothing more. Nobody has necessarily ridden or inspected this road for the survey, and a page here is not a recommendation and no guarantee that the road is open, surfaced, rideable or safe. Gates, private sections, missing rights of way and hazards do not show up in elevation data. Check access and conditions on the ground and make your own judgment.

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Route colour = gradient over a 25 m window: <10% 10–20% 20–25% ≥25%

  © OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap · aerial imagery © IGN, BD ORTHO® (Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0)

Col d'Izoard from Cervières LiDAR hillshade map with contours

Profile

The map, profile and gradient chart share one position — move your pointer over them and the marker follows. Colors are the gradient bands; the shaded span is the steepest 25 m. Any 25 m figure is good to about a point either way (why).

Col d'Izoard from Cervières elevation profile
Col d'Izoard from Cervières rolling gradient profile
 

Measurement card

ElevationIGN LiDAR HD MNT 0.5 m — LiDAR HD — MNT (sol) et MNS (surface), 0,50 m (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière), RGF93 / Lambert-93 EPSG:2154, altitudes IGN69
Resolution / CRS0.5 m grid, EPSG:2154; sampled every 1.0 m, bilinear interpolation
TilesE993-N6421, E993-N6422, E993-N6423, E993-N6424, E993-N6425, E994-N6420, E994-N6421, E994-N6422, E994-N6423, E994-N6424, E994-N6425, E995-N6420, E995-N6421
Road centrelineOpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)
Quality statusevidence quality B; caveated windows: structure excluded
AnalysisOCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run fr-alps4, calculated 2026-09-17

Provenance

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