Cycling passes & climbs of Europe

 
Passo dei Carpinelli (photo Freevax Strevy)

This site gives information of many passes and climbs in Europe (Andorra, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland) above 1000m and with paved, surfaced roads. There is also general cycling information and.... at lot of links because most things other people do much better :-(

Climbs: length, altitude, gradient, profiles, difficulty, database & theory, rankings, top 100, statistics
Pictures: photos, wallpapers, pass signs, bicycle gifs
Races: professional like Tour de France, Giro, Vuelta and cyclosportive like la Marmotte
Organisations concerning cycloclimbing, recreation
Countries & Mountains like the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines
Actual information: webcams, weather, television schedules
Media: maps, books, guides, magazines, CD-roms, internet shopping
Travelling: organisations, information, route planners, dictionaries
Technics: tools, formulas, cycling software
Miscellaneous stuff: pilgrimage, traffic signs, cyclist's monuments, bicycle girls
Links: portals, cycling news, cycle travelogues. cycling friends

achada, Alp, Alpe, Alm, alt, alta, altopiano, alto, arcu, ascensão, ascensión, ascent, Aufstieg, baisse, baita, ballon, barrage, bassa, belvédère, berg, Berge, Bergstrasse, boca, bocca, bocchetta, bout, bruncu, Büel, Bühel, breccia, brecha, breche, cabane, cabaña, cabeza, cabeço, cadeia, capanne, catena, cerca, cerro, chain, chalet, chalé, cime, cima, cimo, climb, col, coll, colla, collado, collada, colle, collet, colina, collina, colline, cordillera, cormet, côte, cresta, crete, cuel, cuerda, cuesta, culmine, cumbrecita, cume, cumeada, cumeeira, cuolmen, degollada, dos, dosso, Eck, Egg, embalse, encosta, erta, escalada, escalade, espinhaço, foce, forcela, forcella, forca, forche, forchia, gain, gaina, genna, Gebirge, giogo, Gipfel, Gipfelstrasse, Gletscherstrasse, goletto, graat, grimpée, Gruppe, gruppo, Gscheid, guado, heuvel, hill, Höhe, Höhenstrasse, horcada, horn, hourquette, Hügel, Hütte, Joch, ju, jëuf, kam, Kamm, keten, Kette, klim, Kopf, lepoa, Lizum, llanura, llanda, lomo, lombo, malga, massief, massif, mendeata, mendigarai, mendikasko, mirador, miradouro, mont, montagna, montagne, montaña, montanha, monte, montée, monti, mountain(s), munt, muntanya, mur, muro, pas, Pass, passo, peak, peña, penha, pic, picco, pico, picón, piek, piz, pizzo, plateau, pla, plan, planalto, Platte, poggio, point, ponta, port, porteille, portela, portell, portella, portillo, puerto, puig, punta, puy, ramp, rampa, rampe, refuge, ridge, rifugio, roca, roccia, roche, roque, salita, sas, sass(o), Sattel, Scharte, Scheideck, Scheitel, sela, sella, serra, serrania, serrat, sierra, signal, slope, sommet, Spitze, Stausee, subida, suc, summit, Talstrasse, testa, tête, top, topo, toppa, tossal, Tor, torre, vado, valico, varco, vetta, volcan, vulcano, vulcão, vulkaan, Vulkan

For me all words that stand for heat, sweat, humbleness, loneliness and tiredness but also often silence, beauty, mental relaxation and joy when arriving the top with your bike. I hope this site can make you a little bit enthusiastic on cycling passes and climbs.

Thank you for your visit.

Edwin Seldenthuis (Holland)