Road Cycling: Mont d'Or in the Spring - 570 m. (1,870 ft)

Sun, 8 March 2026

Technical

Minimum altitude: 104 meters

Distance: 29.1 km

Slope Aspect: Various

Vertical Climbed: 505 meters (1,657 feet)

Vertical Descended: 442 meters

Rating: 3

Description

Although I cycle every day I'd not been out for a longer ride for a month due to skiing but the weather was spring like today so I decided to get in a short tour after doing some admin chores. The conditions were goldilocks, not too hot, neither too cold. I beat my climb time to Mt Cindre by more than 2 minutes - on my heavy commute bike mind. I then pushed on to Mt Thou but didn't hand around at the top as it was beginning to get a bit gloomy at 17h30. Race back to the city and along the river.

Conditions

fairly warm, shorts weather but I kept a long sleeve top and windproof for the descent

Route


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