Col des Aravis (South side) virtual cycling route
France Col des Aravis (South side)
Distance: 17.28 km
Elevation Gain: 612 m
Elevation Loss: 364 m
Difficulty: 470 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 2.93 FIETS
Avg Grade: 5.03 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 903 m
Max elevation: 1486 m
Ride Category: Climb

The Col des Aravis is a scenic mountain pass in the French Alps, connecting the departments of Haute-Savoie and Savoie. It sits at 1,486 meters (4,875 ft) and offers stunning panoramic views, including glimpses of Mont Blanc on clear days. It is a favorite among both cyclists and hikers, with traditional alpine charm evident in its villages and chalets. The climb isnโ€™t extremely difficult compared to some other Alpine passes, making it a popular choice for amateurs and those looking to enjoy the scenery. However, it can still provide a solid challenge, especially if incorporated into longer rides. The pass has been used 41 times in the Tour de France, most recently in 2020, often as a warm-up climb before more challenging passes in the region, such as the Col de la Colombiรจre or Col des Saisies.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 Michiel Vaal Nov 10, 2024 00:35:39 266 W 5.91 w/kg 29.01 km/h
🥈 Silvano Turati Nov 04, 2024 00:38:24 240 W 4.90 w/kg 26.94 km/h
🥉 sebastien rebeyrolles Nov 20, 2024 00:39:59 279 W 3.99 w/kg 25.87 km/h
4 Patrick BERNARD Oct 17, 2024 00:40:13 314 W 3.93 w/kg 25.72 km/h
5 Tigo Star Jan 13, 2023 00:40:44 293 W 3.98 w/kg 25.39 km/h
6 Jan Wielgus Dec 20, 2024 00:40:52 267 W 3.76 w/kg 25.31 km/h
7 Alan Gunner Dec 10, 2022 00:40:55 252 W 3.71 w/kg 25.28 km/h
8 Tom Smeets Dec 01, 2022 00:42:17 277 W 3.79 w/kg 24.46 km/h
9 Gunnar Tojren Oct 31, 2024 00:43:34 270 W 3.51 w/kg 23.74 km/h
10 Nicolas Déry Oct 26, 2024 00:43:35 223 W 3.91 w/kg 23.73 km/h
11 Sytze Veenstra Oct 17, 2024 00:44:08 247 W 3.53 w/kg 23.44 km/h
12 Юрий Ермолаев Oct 29, 2024 00:44:09 256 W 3.56 w/kg 23.43 km/h
13 David Dos Santos Rodrigues Oct 20, 2024 00:44:46 213 W 3.44 w/kg 23.11 km/h
14 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Oct 18, 2024 00:45:33 271 W 3.08 w/kg 22.71 km/h
15 David Descamps Dec 04, 2024 00:46:04 233 W 3.43 w/kg 22.45 km/h
16 Jacob Stang Nov 06, 2024 00:46:42 236 W 3.37 w/kg 22.15 km/h
17 Valentin Lahaye Oct 23, 2024 00:46:46 207 W 3.51 w/kg 22.12 km/h
18 Chris Oct 22, 2024 00:47:52 224 W 2.99 w/kg 21.61 km/h
19 Rainer Klee Nov 17, 2024 00:48:13 257 W 3.02 w/kg 21.45 km/h
20 javier divar Oct 29, 2024 00:48:20 168 W 3.23 w/kg 21.40 km/h
21 Gino Pino Jan 29, 2025 00:48:24 207 W 3.18 w/kg 21.37 km/h
22 Uros Valant Oct 17, 2024 00:48:53 201 W 2.87 w/kg 21.16 km/h
23 Fabio Zanirato Oct 23, 2024 00:49:28 172 W 3.07 w/kg 20.91 km/h
24 Victor de Heij Jan 19, 2026 00:49:36 250 W 2.94 w/kg 20.85 km/h
25 Martin Budd Dec 24, 2022 00:50:02 212 W 2.96 w/kg 20.67 km/h
26 Loizon Francis Dec 08, 2024 00:50:22 254 W 3.14 w/kg 20.54 km/h
27 Douglas Forer Mar 25, 2026 00:50:26 235 W 2.83 w/kg 20.51 km/h
28 D Speelman Oct 27, 2024 00:51:20 212 W 2.75 w/kg 20.15 km/h
29 Volker Scheid Oct 31, 2024 00:51:22 184 W 2.63 w/kg 20.14 km/h
30 Jakob kjær-andersen Jan 15, 2025 00:51:22 202 W 3.11 w/kg 20.14 km/h
31 Beatrice Schueler Oct 24, 2024 00:51:31 146 W 3.17 w/kg 20.08 km/h
32 Rene van Leeuwen Jan 30, 2025 00:51:52 225 W 2.71 w/kg 19.94 km/h
33 JJosef Kluson Nov 05, 2024 00:51:56 203 W 2.71 w/kg 19.92 km/h
34 Jan Theron Feb 17, 2024 00:51:58 204 W 2.91 w/kg 19.90 km/h
35 filip degryse Oct 23, 2024 00:52:14 231 W 2.75 w/kg 19.80 km/h
36 Jörg Schädlich Jan 30, 2025 00:52:51 181 W 2.55 w/kg 19.57 km/h
37 Luke Bartishel Oct 18, 2024 00:52:59 178 W 2.78 w/kg 19.52 km/h
38 stephane philip Oct 24, 2024 00:53:11 191 W 2.89 w/kg 19.45 km/h
39 Przemysław Ceglarek Oct 19, 2024 00:53:52 201 W 2.68 w/kg 19.20 km/h
40 Thomas Beich Oct 22, 2024 00:54:02 203 W 2.67 w/kg 19.14 km/h
41 John Gaasbeek Nov 02, 2024 00:54:15 236 W 2.62 w/kg 19.07 km/h
42 Hendrik Thielemann Oct 31, 2024 00:54:18 199 W 2.58 w/kg 19.05 km/h
43 Andreas Scheurell Nov 26, 2024 00:55:21 186 W 2.55 w/kg 18.69 km/h
44 Matt Dec 19, 2024 00:55:26 202 W 2.53 w/kg 18.66 km/h
45 Louis Veltmeijer Nov 17, 2024 00:55:29 173 W 2.79 w/kg 18.64 km/h
46 Francis Chalmers Nov 04, 2024 00:55:34 158 W 2.82 w/kg 18.61 km/h
47 Arjon de Kater Sep 28, 2025 00:55:39 195 W 2.60 w/kg 18.59 km/h
48 J F Oct 25, 2024 00:55:43 211 W 2.40 w/kg 18.56 km/h
49 Raf Van Grieken Oct 21, 2024 00:55:53 200 W 2.47 w/kg 18.51 km/h
50 Chris Roebuck Oct 23, 2024 00:55:55 200 W 2.56 w/kg 18.50 km/h
51 Stephan Breitrainer Nov 13, 2024 00:56:05 220 W 2.59 w/kg 18.44 km/h
52 Mesozoid Oct 24, 2024 00:56:17 181 W 2.68 w/kg 18.38 km/h
53 thirard michel Mar 07, 2025 00:56:31 185 W 2.61 w/kg 18.30 km/h
54 Frederik Vanrietvelde Nov 02, 2024 00:57:44 172 W 2.46 w/kg 17.92 km/h
55 Roel-Jan Mouw Dec 01, 2024 00:58:03 201 W 2.28 w/kg 17.82 km/h
56 Mike 8008 Oct 21, 2024 00:58:11 211 W 2.40 w/kg 17.78 km/h
57 christian soulard Dec 19, 2024 00:58:21 160 W 2.58 w/kg 17.73 km/h
58 Rémy Jouanne Oct 18, 2024 00:58:24 158 W 2.57 w/kg 17.71 km/h
59 Kai Stian Haukås Oct 23, 2024 00:58:33 212 W 2.36 w/kg 17.67 km/h
60 David Martínez Soto Oct 27, 2024 00:58:54 168 W 2.47 w/kg 17.56 km/h
61 Kent Daniel Oct 20, 2024 00:59:34 185 W 2.42 w/kg 17.36 km/h
62 Rik Lukey Oct 27, 2024 00:59:34 169 W 2.47 w/kg 17.36 km/h
63 Gert-Jan Otten Nov 11, 2025 00:59:37 182 W 2.28 w/kg 17.35 km/h
64 Ian Clark Oct 19, 2024 00:59:40 172 W 2.53 w/kg 17.34 km/h
65 Marcel Fleischer Nov 26, 2024 00:59:49 217 W 2.31 w/kg 17.29 km/h
66 Marvin Faure Oct 18, 2024 01:00:15 175 W 2.46 w/kg 17.17 km/h
67 Tony Tone Oct 25, 2024 01:00:15 156 W 2.29 w/kg 17.17 km/h
68 Hans Petiet Nov 27, 2022 01:00:16 151 W 2.22 w/kg 17.16 km/h
69 Gilles Caillard Jan 14, 2025 01:00:34 139 W 2.53 w/kg 17.08 km/h
70 Keith Loveman Oct 29, 2024 01:00:52 174 W 2.37 w/kg 16.99 km/h
71 Ralph Schumann Nov 04, 2024 01:01:49 155 W 2.31 w/kg 16.73 km/h
72 Markus Geiger Nov 17, 2024 01:01:54 171 W 2.19 w/kg 16.71 km/h
73 Manfred Schwarz Nov 17, 2024 01:02:31 151 W 2.29 w/kg 16.57 km/h
74 Jean-Pierre Santa-Maria Dec 19, 2024 01:02:37 189 W 2.22 w/kg 16.52 km/h
75 Ron Keshtacher Oct 29, 2024 01:04:31 181 W 2.10 w/kg 16.03 km/h
76 gert wilms Nov 08, 2024 01:04:37 197 W 1.97 w/kg 16.01 km/h
77 Maurizio Gaudino Oct 17, 2024 01:05:07 162 W 2.10 w/kg 15.88 km/h
78 Mark Rose Oct 18, 2024 01:05:16 180 W 2.09 w/kg 15.85 km/h
79 Vasco Amorim Oct 19, 2024 01:05:26 153 W 2.25 w/kg 15.81 km/h
80 Phil Jones Oct 23, 2024 01:05:32 155 W 2.04 w/kg 15.78 km/h
81 michel delamarre Nov 15, 2025 01:05:55 163 W 1.96 w/kg 15.69 km/h
82 Joeri Veldeman Oct 17, 2024 01:06:04 129 W 1.98 w/kg 15.66 km/h
83 Dick Koch Oct 24, 2024 01:06:43 143 W 2.20 w/kg 15.50 km/h
84 Sławek Bikeman Jan 06, 2025 01:08:02 164 W 2.08 w/kg 15.20 km/h
85 Jos Carboex Oct 19, 2024 01:08:03 156 W 2.08 w/kg 15.20 km/h
86 Yann Matthews Oct 29, 2024 01:09:14 143 W 1.91 w/kg 14.94 km/h
87 Graeme Wilson Oct 18, 2024 01:10:01 139 W 1.85 w/kg 14.77 km/h
88 WIM SLIJTERS Nov 07, 2024 01:10:33 157 W 1.96 w/kg 14.66 km/h
89 Bernard SCHROETER Dec 08, 2024 01:10:44 146 W 1.95 w/kg 14.62 km/h
90 Hans Couvreur Oct 20, 2024 01:10:50 154 W 1.88 w/kg 14.60 km/h
91 Raphael Meier Nov 08, 2024 01:11:25 144 W 1.89 w/kg 14.48 km/h
92 Frantxoa A Nov 16, 2025 01:12:13 159 W 2.06 w/kg 14.32 km/h
93 Andreas Hafermann Feb 27, 2025 01:12:49 157 W 1.76 w/kg 14.20 km/h
94 W van Koetsveld Oct 22, 2024 01:14:38 129 W 1.72 w/kg 13.86 km/h
95 Kirby Krieger Jan 15, 2025 01:16:46 130 W 1.73 w/kg 13.47 km/h
96 Thierry DANNE May 18, 2025 01:16:56 124 W 1.82 w/kg 13.44 km/h
97 shurtha riftcrag Oct 18, 2024 01:17:12 116 W 1.88 w/kg 13.40 km/h
98 Brent Kendall Oct 18, 2024 01:17:45 159 W 1.60 w/kg 13.30 km/h
99 Berne Nyberg Dec 18, 2024 01:18:23 136 W 1.66 w/kg 13.20 km/h
100 Michael B 1947 Nov 09, 2024 01:23:02 119 W 1.59 w/kg 12.46 km/h
101 Winfried Weel Oct 24, 2024 01:29:14 136 W 1.43 w/kg 11.59 km/h
102 Henk Hanssen Nov 12, 2024 01:33:05 121 W 1.42 w/kg 11.11 km/h

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