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Pas du Serpaton from Gresse-en-Vercors

4220.2 m · net rise 391.9 m · total ascent 398.1 m · overall 9.3% · evidence quality B (good) · Gresse-en-Vercors · Isère ·

Shape: sustained — 32% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 625 m.

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

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 18% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain — the flag does not say whether the true value is higher or lower. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)≈27%296–298 munder overhead cover terrain reads 35.5% at 1262–1264 m across a structure — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)≈22%295–298 munder overhead cover terrain reads 34.5% at 1261–1264 m across a structure — excluded
5 m≈21%2714–2719 munder overhead cover terrain reads 31.7% at 1259–1264 m across a structure — excluded
10 m≈19%2714–2724 munder overhead cover terrain reads 24.5% at 1259–1269 m across a structure — excluded
20 m≈18.0%2711–2731 munder overhead cover terrain reads 18.4% at 1248–1268 m across a structure — excluded
25 m17.6%2710–2735 m
50 m16.7%2683–2733 m
100 m16.0%2635–2735 m

may continue beyond end Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.

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.

Access: Listed 2026-09-05 (inventory hunt wave 1): road audit — barrier lift_gate (no) 0.0 m off route. Never silently ranked or dropped (Peter, 2026-08-27).

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)

Pas du Serpaton from Gresse-en-Vercors 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).

Pas du Serpaton from Gresse-en-Vercors elevation profile
Pas du Serpaton from Gresse-en-Vercors 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
TilesE902-N6425, E903-N6425, E903-N6426, E903-N6427, E904-N6426, E904-N6427
Road centrelineOpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)
Quality statusevidence quality B; caveated windows: texture excluded
AnalysisOCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run fr-alps2-cols, calculated 2026-09-17

Provenance

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