100 Cols in the Vosges Massif

Introduction

A circuit of 840km with 100 cols and about 18000m of climbing,  traced by Alain Brault (Cent Cols N°3693)

Route

Profile

Reservation form

Theme

The Club des Cent Cols, founded in 1972 and affiliated to the French Federation of Cyclotouring, has prepared this “Randonnée Permanente” based on a simple theme: “One Hundred Cols”. The completion of these one hundred cols will allow you either to join the Club, or to progress with your list in the Club’s “Tableau d’Honneur”.

From Wissembourg to the German border at Cernay near Mulhouse, from the sandstone Vosges in the north to the crystalline Vosges in the south, in ten sections with an average length of 80 km, it covers 3 regions (Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comté ) by taking the roads of 6 departments (Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Moselle, Vosges, Haute-Saone and Territoire de Belfort).

Controls

The ten controls will be done at points on the route chosen by the participant, so long as one is in each of the following sections

1. Wissembourg – Niederbronn
2. Niederbronn – Saverne
3. Saverne – Schirmeck
4. Schirmeck – Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
5. Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
6. Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines – Gérardmer
7. Gérardmer – Le Thillot
8. Le Thillot – Oderen
9. Oderen – Oderen
10. Oderen – Cernay

PRINCIPAL COLS

• Col du Pottaschkopf
• Col de Saverne
• Col du Champ du Feu
• Col du Donon
• Col des Bagenelles
• Col du Bonhomme
• Col de la Schlucht
• Col du Mont Fourche
• Passage de Vés
• Col d’Oderen
• Col du ballon d’Alsace
• Col du Haag

BCN and BPF sites on the route

• Philippsbourg
• Obersteinbach
• Le Haut-Barr
• Le Lac Blanc
• Le Grand Ballon
• Col de la Schlucht
• Gérardmer, Eloyes
• Val d’Ajol
• Ballon d’Alsace

Rules of the randonnées permanentes

Any participant in this 100 Col Route agrees to respect the rules governing it.

More information

CONTACT:
Jean-Marc CLEMENT
10 rue de Normandie
31120 Portet sur Garonne
FRANCE
Tél : +33 (0)5 61 76 30 12
E-mail : randos@centcols.org

Please note : Depending on the age, and the version of your route card, the name and address of your officer may be out of date. Please send your route cards for certification, as well as your postcards and the stories of your rides, only to Jean-Marc Clément at the above address (do not write to Roger Colombo, Bernard Pommel, Jean-Marc Lefèvre or Roland Grimaud †)