7 Highest Climbs In Europe - Europe's Most Epic Climbs By Bike

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Grossglockner in Austria. 41 km climb to around 2500 meters. The last bit on cobbles. Views are stunning.

[@sanderkommeren2848]

Last December I climbed the Haleakala Volcano on Maui. Now that was an epic climb: from sea level to just over 3000 meters (or 10.000 feet) in 58 km. Unfortunately the weather turned for the worst after 40k, but i refused to give up. I was so cold that in the last 2 km I had to get into the car and warm up for half hour. But i made! #GCNepicride

[@fabiancancellara1]

Teide in Canarias (Spain) is 50 km long

[@sammyngichabe8355]

Grand St Bernard..40 km climb...last 6km most brutal before dropping into Italy in Àosta.I loved it

[@rik5384]

I am now 15 years old, but when I was 13 years old, I climbed the Veleta together with my father and a Belgian guy. We started at camping Las Lomas and went through Güejar Sierra, but the best part is that we did it on our mountainbikes

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

My epic climb to my home, 430 meters long (yes i have made a exact measurment) and 3.4% average, EPIC!

[@gamma_dablam]

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[@passageweather]

What about Teide in Tenerife? It's 36.7km up a 6% gradient (11% max) from sea level to 2,190m...

[@gamma_dablam]

That’s not that high That’s a ‘tall’ climb. Not a high one

[@SSEF15]

When is GCN going to attempt the Angliru? Bring Lasty

[@santiagostozitzky262]

Hello! I wanted to say that according to my understanding in Colombia (I am from there) there is the hardest climb in the world that has been part of a professional race. It is called Alto de Letras from Mariquita. It starts in Mariquita, a little town with about 600 m above sea level and ends in Alto de Letras in the Andes at 3500m above sea level. It is about 80 km long!! You should come and try it some day!! The gradient is close 6%-7% all long with maximum 10% I think for some kms

[@PeLuK2303]

Cerro de la Muerte (Mountain of Death) 3491 mts Costa Rica Length:48 km Avg Gradient: 6% You start in a super hot weather (30ºC - 39ºC) and finish with a cold weather (1ºC-13ºC) EPIC CLIMB!

[@tonniebittburg5310]

Definitely not the hardest, but I think the old road tot the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland, The via Tremolla, is pretty epic! It runs over cobbles and there's a lot less traffic than on the main road

[@pspboyplayer24]

heyy!! you guys could do a series of videos about climbs in each country that you ride like top 5 climbs from Spain, italy etc.. or you could get well inform and talk with your viewers and chose climbs, one form each country following the video top ten countrys to ride!!

[@gneinful]

Wuling pass in Taiwan. 3,275 metres at the top. I've done it twice and thinking about a third time later this year. You can actually climb it from near sea level from Taroko.

[@luismen2409fer]

Collado del Condor, Venezuela.. goes from 500 metres from sea level to 4100 in 120 kms of climb... 120kms!!

[@nzti325]

Pikes Peak in Colorado! Tops out at 14,000+ feet!

[@redauwg911]

+Patrick Brandt Yes, Pikes peak 4267 meters

[@liamvf1069]

Mount Evans in Colorado is almost 50 meters higher and Trail ridge road in Colorado is also over 3500 meters

[@dylanwillick7919]

The most epic climb I've ever heard of goes from Hilo to Mona Kea on the big island in Hawaii, it is 42.6 Miles long, has 14,056 ft of elevation gain and averages 6.1%. It goes from sea level to 14 thousand feet

[@allanullmann299]

Climbed Pico de Valeta this July, brutal.

[@jacopobilli]

Colle del Nivolet, Piemonte, Italy. More than 40 kms climb and beautiful landscape!

[@jamesnickless7664]

Now make Lasty cycle up them all!!!!

[@NielsHeldens]

Poor Lasty, the guy never gets a easy day doesn't he.

[@gcn]

+James Nickless Definitely!!

[@oscarlaight6493]

+Global Cycling Network hmm.... Guys, I'm starting to think lasty is becoming a sort of 'toy' that you throw up the hills😂 poor guy

[@rikkiola]

+RTD RD Tha Vegan Not sure that was just his climbing face

[@jamesnickless7664]

+rikkiola 50 Shades of Last

[@slimjimmypage]

Haleakalā has to be the most epic climb in the world. 35 miles up a volcano from just above sea level to over 10,000 feet without any descents. The worst part is at the top, too. The road gets steeper in the last 10 miles (about 10% average if I recall correctly) and then it throws in a series of switchbacks. It's often referred to as the longest paved climb in the world. I think a Hawaii trip is in order.

[@DezGP]

+slimjimihendrix Hands down Haleakala is the most epic.

[@quarkonium3795]

If you're looking for the longest continuous paved climb in the world then Mauna Loa is actually almost twice as long as Haleakala-62 miles from the ocean to the summit. It's closed right now but Wuling Pass East is 54 miles

[@mennodejonge173]

Kitzbüheler Horn: Avg: 12.9%, Length: 9.7km

[@KinrossSkate08]

That's a fun one

[@CB19655]

Roque de los Muchachos 41 km from the harbour of Santa Cruz de la Palma up to 2426 m - epic and sooo beautiful :-))

[@kamolhengkiatisak1527]

Taiwan KOM Challenge was first held a few years ago, starting from the sea level (at the beach front town) rising steadily to the peak of HeHuan mountain at 3275 meter high for a distance of 105 km. I was told about this from my friend and googled it and found it quite challenging in youtube. From my home country, a climb of 48 km from the town of Chomthong, Chiang Mai to the peak of Doi Intanon at 2565 meters is quite a challenge. My best record when I was 55 was 5 hours and when I was 60 was 6.01 hours. The best record was held by a French man who has a wife locally and now lives in the north of Thailand, Peter Pouley, was held this year at exactly 2 hours!

[@AlexandruNicolaePatrascuMiclut]

Transfagarasan (Romania) 120 km, 24 km of hard climb on each part, avg 6,5%, max grade 33.3%, elev. gain. 2622m, highest point 2066m. Transalpina - Romania (from Novaci to Sebes) 135 km, you have 4 hard climbs, first: avg climb 8%, max grade 15% and you reach from 490 m to 1568 m, the climb has 15 km, second: avg climb 9%, max grade 13,6% and you reach from 1595 m to 2111 m, the climb has 10 km, third: avg climb 5%, max grade 10% and you reach from 1925 m to 2100 m, the climb has 3 km, fourth: avg climb 5%, max grade 11,8% and you reach from 1342 m to 1686 m, the climb has 8 km.

[@miguelba13]

Mauricio Soler! Colombian Climber! great to see his picture on this GCN video. One of the greatest Colombian riders!

[@Maxmaxz]

Hi GCN, I'm looking for a job, and wondered if you were hiring for the position of Deputy 'Guy who Places the Subscribe Globe at the End of Videos'. It looks like an awful lot of fun, and I think I've got a very marketable skillset for it. Looking forward to hearing from you, M

[@matthewstewart4469]

You guys should check out Clingmans dome in Tennessee. It's part of the great smokey mountains almost 5000', over a 20 mile climb...having done it I would certainly call it epic!

[@memorablename5187]

Transfăgărășan in Romania is a cool climb, I have been up it in a car. its 60miles long 2100meters high. theres a really weird lake at the top above the clouds its quite eerie.

[@memorablename5187]

+Raymond Berry you would probably die going up it on a bike in the winter, its pretty much arctic up there in winter

[@l0ckpEEk]

i've cycled that pass and it was definitely not 60 miles. and the peak is around 2030 I believe.

[@MannuelCorona]

See as you GCN enjoys Glendora Mountain Road in California you guys should try going to Crystal Lake. If the name doesn't sound scary enough it's over 30 km from Azusa canyon (the 39) to the little store that sells a great chili.

[@andrepaiva7393]

Serra da Estrela, Portugal 1993 metters 32km 8.6%

[@JuanCardonaMuriel]

Alto de letras, Colombia. Length: 80,7 km. Average gradient: 3,95%. Max. gradient: 11%. 3187 m elevation climb, peak at 3677 meters.

[@manoX1234567]

I dont wana be rude but you described here only roads where main races are. You didint mentioned transfagarashan in romania. 61km one sine 36km other side. Trans alpina etc. last year i whent on stelvio and is less hard then transfagarashan. Sorry for my english maybe i mad mistekes here and there in spelling. English is not my native.

[@quarkonium3795]

Those are not as high though. These are the highest climbs in Europe

[@experiment54]

GCN Does The 7 Highest Climbs In Europe For Charity - All Whilst Broadcasting Each And Everyday

[@jimmycrackedcorn226]

+experiment54 Only if Lasty does the climbs! His suffer face is priceless

[@experiment54]

jimmycrackedcorn226 they all do the climbs. Thats the point of my post.

[@CONTMPORARY]

Mount Evans. The highest paved road in North America and tops off at 4,310 meters, around 1000m higher than the highest road in Europe! It is 45 km long and has 2100 meters of climbing.

[@gukakmakuk]

Alto del escobero , held on vuelta a colombia , only 7 km long but one of the steepest anywhere (mountain bike gearing)

[@RM-mx3tk]

Agnello done several times - Stelvio done - Bonette done, several times . Not bad... ;-)

[@h4nn0S]

From Bolzano to the Passo di Pennes. It's a climb over ca. 2000 meters on ca. 45 km, if you start outside Bolzano. Take care of the tunnels!

[@MangoMamaa]

Sweet! But nothing compared to Colombia! There's hundreds of climbs and quite a few of them are pretty epic! The advantage over here though is, that you'll have nice weather year round!

[@gukakmakuk]

+Mango Mama , there´s in vuelta a colombia.. "paramo de letras"52 kms. alto de minas ,48km. la linea22km(very steep), alto del tigre , alto del trigo, etc

[@MangoMamaa]

gukakmakuk I've done Letras, La Linea, el Trigo! Check out the videos on my channel! I've just recently done a tour and climbed up all these hills! :)

[@gukakmakuk]

+Ronald Schuetz what is the average inclination for "letras"

[@MangoMamaa]

gukakmakuk Letras only has about 4%. There's quite a few parts going downhill in the beginning, but the last 20km's are the hardest at an average at 7% and 8%.

[@MangoMamaa]

***** I always wanted to go to El Ruiz, but I don't have a mountain bike! I think my next tour will be to the coast and back, via B/manga and Medellín! :)

[@FranciscoGarcia-ze5hg]

Alto de La Linea (Colombia) from the west: 21,7 km / starting altitude 1653 m / finish at 3265 m / 7,62% average (13% max).; from the east: 23,35 km / starting altitude 1.412 m / 6,05% average (14% max).

[@finnnation]

ALI SAN in Taiwan, 54km. Done it two times in the Tour de Taiwan, both times about 30c at the bottom and near freezing at the top!

[@rafael-mihaigrigoriu6870]

Don't forget the Transfagarasan climb . 25 km and beautiful view...It is most epic climb from est Europe , and is in Romania .!

[@dco1884]

Mt. Palomar, CA (south grade) lots of turns and switchbacks

[@mediumrick7667]

Onion Valley Road in California's Eastern Sierra. Length: 12.5 miles Average Grade: 7.8% Elevation Gain: 5169ft. Altitude at Summit: 9200ft.

[@quarkonium3795]

I love that climb. Did it over the past summer and it was absolutely beautiful. It's relentless too; there's never a flat section where you can catch your breath which makes it harder than the nearby Horseshoe Meadows

[@liviulucan]

Guys, you should try the Transfagarasan road in Romania; Top Gear has an episode presenting the road.

[@TheLightning14]

Mount Lemon in Tucson, Arizona USA. 30 Miles of climbing 4.3 % average grade with 7000 feet of elevation gain. Tops out at 2773 meters of altitude or 9100 ft.

[@Sixtus5-7]

Indeed what pro cyclist fear the most in all Spain are the Picos de Europa, ( climbing the road to the lakes of Covadonga end with 12km 12%) ( Pico Uriellu brutal 18%, ) every vuelta of España is played there, or losing or winning in the 2,3 days crossing the Cantabria mountains of Asturies. Cheers from Belgium. Thank you for all your videos the most recent, obviously 😂

[@matiashenriquez6749]

Check out "escalera al infierno" in México, 20 kms over 10% average gradient

[@driewiel]

The Mountain Street in my village. Almost 20mtrs high. If you ever come to the Netherlands it should be on your list!

[@liocla2331]

Did L'Iseran from Bonneval, and oh dam the opening 2 kms were hard, still it was fun

[@pablogubert]

Estrada da Graciosa in Brazil. Around 1000 elevation gain on cobbles.

[@liambarber9036]

GCN should climb the steepest climb in Washington state, Hurricane Ridge. great views.

[@GBWallace]

In Slovenia, Mangrt climb from 300 up to 2000m in 17,5km. There is even a race once a year

[@pedrorodrigues3342]

There are some good climbs in Portugal. The ascent to the Trevim (27km 4%) and Serra da estrela, Torrer (28km with 5% gradient with 2 km downhill ) there is some nasty parts in this climb...

[@SuperMeatyhead]

Must include tiede in Tenerife because this is where all the pros train ready for the coming season therefore it is the most common climb in Europe

[@jackwu2199]

torqueback I started cycling more seriously about a year ago but have found that i get bored of the same roads. At first i loved exploring and discovering new roads, especially country lanes and now i have been cycling for a while, i have lost that feeling of exploring new places. I have tried to experiment with different routes but recently i have noticed that i have been on all the roads suitable for cycling near my area several times already. How can i be less bored on the bike and less bored with using the same roads (without going on an expensive training camp)?

[@mrwhiteshorts]

Come on GCN, you better do a top 10 climbs in the UK! (make sure you fully explore Scotland before making a video) :) cheers

[@bogdan123si]

quoting Top Gears @Clarkson for Transfagarasan road in Romania. "This is the best road in the world". Have a look on it :)

[@ochai2055]

I have climbed the Stelvio Pass. It was the one where I crash badly on the descend.

[@NeoDerGrose]

Passo Stelvio has the last remaining summer ski resort in all of Europe. By that I mean you could only go there from spring to autumn, it's closed during the winter. No wonder it's cold up there.

[@sameddy7560]

Epic climb: Mt Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia 6.5km 10%+ max grade 22%

[@rik5384]

the steepest points of the veleta get till 23% gradient, measured by the organisors of the Vuelta

[@Wouteratutube]

Isla La Palma, Roque de los muchachos (northwest Side) 30,8km, 7,3%, 2.265m

[@woozertoo]

Only heard of the Stelvio Pass after seeing the Top Gear episode, but I didn't know cyclists rode there too--wow!

[@RM-mx3tk]

Among those 3, the most impressive is the Bonette from St. Etienne. Just go there in a late July Monday morning. It will be just you, your bike and no one else for 25 km, up to the Moon.

[@mateagoston7113]

Further interesting fact about Stelvio Pass can be that it's mostly on the Top 10 list of the most dangerous public roads in the world.

[@SlowBoyAthlete]

brilliant video, thanks!

[@LaughingSaint66]

Halekala on Maui and Mauna Kea on big island two hardest climbs in the world !

[@howardkam4476]

Haleakala on Maui is a serious epic climb!

[@duncanjones9060]

could you do a video of what pro team kits looked like a few years ago.

[@albertomoralesesteban3976]

YES, YES. YES . VELETA SIERRA NEVADA 3.400Mt good documental, GCN up!

[@AdriWestSide]

Officially the Col d'Agnel is 21km length, but in reality it's begin to climb 22km deepest : you must have to climb 20-25km at 3%, 10-12km at 6% and the 9 last km are at 9,3% !! It's really one of the 20 more difficults european cols! (but very far of the difficulty of Angliru, Kitzbuhel Horn or Zoncolan 😇) (sorry for my frenchy english 🙈)

[@s.slyshadow8689]

What about Mt.Etna in Sicily?

[@ufae0441]

Taiwan KOM , 105 KM , 0-3272 meters.

[@simonrano8072]

+Ayrton Chen Mauna Kea, 69 km, 1-4192 m a bit steeper ;)

[@posung7356]

Taiwan KOM Challenge, From Sea level (0 m) to Peak of the mountain (3275 m) total distance 105km. AVG Gradient 5%, Greatest Gradient 27.3%.

[@vladthebikeguy4763]

Transalpina or Transfăgărășan in Romania, a good challenge for your climbing skills

[@AngelValdovinos]

L.A. TO BAKERSFIELD THROUGH THE 5, BRUTAL

[@CJC94]

There's a climb in Colombia called the Alto de Letras which is a whopping 80km long at an average of 4% gaining 3,800m in altitude, maybe one for GCN's epic climbs???

[@Matthias947]

Already did some of them. Great roads!

[@davidhellyer5353]

Sonora Pass California. Several spots over 23% Top is at 9800'

[@laugierarthur10]

If you go in France do the Mont Ventoux !!

[@carlosormani9082]

Hi GCN, staying in Europe, check Mt. Zoncan. And of course the Giro's legends such as Gavia, etc.

[@carlosormani9082]

Typo: Zoncolan

[@rory5342]

Editor mugged you off at the end there Si

[@dul22]

Did the Agnel (french side), best thing I ever seen ! And no trafic at all

[@socrmania3]

The Mt. Evans Scenic Byway in Colorado. From Idaho Springs to the top of Mt. Evans the road stretches 28 miles, climbs more than 7,000 feet and tops out at 14,130 feet above sea level. It is the highest paved road in North America. There is a Gran Fondo and a Pro Race to the top every year. bicyclerace.com/

[@Nikhil4827]

try the Himalayas its much more grueling u can't rate any grades or name any climbs but if u actually try to plan a ride the problem would be the lack of facilities and weather and other stuff

[@radog7769]

Khardung La, 5400 m, India. Did it back in 2004 alongside other 5000+ passes

[@quarkonium3795]

Isn't Umling La now paved to almost 5900 m?

[@daniellopes315]

Serra da Estrela, Portugal. Volta a Portugal goes by there

[@juniorchats7565]

Ah! I thought I saw a neighbouring mountain with snow when I was training near Granada last week. Unreal routes in the area

[@mateuszzdyb3547]

pico de areiro in madeira, 1800 odd elevation, with avg gradient i think over 10% AND SECTIONS WITH OVER 20% gradient. brutal.

[@Ride4Fun]

I just bought a book with 50 the most known climbs in Europe ... this vid came just in time :)

[@schumi246]

You guys still have to come do Pikes Peak, it may not start until 6600 feet (2000m), but it goes all the way to 14,110 feet (4275m). My garmin was saying 9-11% for the top half of the climb.

[@squatchy69]

+schumi246 Yea. It's a tough haul. I've ridden to the top of Mnt Evans as well. Even higher.

[@colombianflag717]

cool videos guy's keep the good work

[@angelcacereslicona9924]

I would love to see you guys in Latin América doing some of the hardest climbs such as Alto de Letras.

[@noblewinestunbridgewells6487]

Agnel in September *and 13 other minor lumps, can....not....wait!

[@vegforce4518]

The most epic climb I know: Ecuador, Parque Las Cajas from 100m to 4100m. Around 60km. 30°C to 7°C. Excellent road surface. Café above cloud level at around 2000m.

[@jasonstevenson110]

4100m is completely insane.

[@cbgr27]

Lacets de Mont Vernier, France

[@TheTommyhambone]

Can you please do a video about amazing descents? Marco, not the crash. Sagan, any time, ever. Please & Thank you

[@commendario]

Monte Grappa in Veneto (Italy)!!

[@tanducnguyenthu2356]

last should try all of them!

[@tomituominen9985]

Doi Inthanon, Thailand.