Col du Galibier Sud (da Col du Lautaret)

High quality video for this classic climb of the French Alps. We begin climbing through challenging green fields, reaching a panoramic 180° hairpin bend, that seems to touch the Meije glacier in front of us. The climb continues with a constant slope around 7-8% up a long impressive valley.
After crossing a bridge we change sides of the valley and on a steeper slope we pass between two rocks rounding a ridge where from where the Col itself finally appears. After a flatter stretch there are two hairpins where we find the monument to Henry Desgranges the creator of the Tour de France, a simple cylinder of light stone with a commemorative inscription. Pass the southern entrance of the tunnel (2556m.), we tackle the tough last stretch of 900 meters with slopes up to 12%. After 3 hairpin turns and the last hard pull on a curve, we reach the Col du Galibier (m. 2646) with its impressive views.