Member paths

Presentation

In the OpenRunner mapping software, you'll find routes that have a more or less distant connection with the Club des Cent Cols, with identifiers such as "100 cols", "Cent Cols" and every imaginable variation. These routes are often devoid of the slightest description, have no consistency between them and can sometimes even lead to dangerous situations. All of which is detrimental to the club's image.

We have therefore decided to compile an official list of Club des Cent Cols itineraries that offer both a guarantee of cycling, tourism and safety interests. These guarantees are implemented by all the elements required to feed this compilation.

see : Members' career paths: specifications

Through this list, our objectives are plural:

• To offer our members routes and passes that are reputed to be reliable and accessible to as many people as possible.
• Encourage other cyclists to try mountain biking by providing cycle routes along a large proportion of the route.
• Showcase some of the passes we've climbed thanks to the database of pass photos maintained by our members.

The routes on this "CCC-labelled" list must be easy to spot and, above all, distinguishable from the shaky routes.

To do this:

• The Club des Cent Cols website contains lists of approved routes by country.
• The title of each route opens a description page on the Cent Cols website (see "description" below) which also includes a link to the Openrunner file for the route with access to the interactive map, profile and gpx track
• From the OpenRunner home page, you can also access the full list of courses approved by the Club des Cent Cols by typing "club-des-cent-cols (with dashes) in "Author then click onsearch for a route"..
• You can also find these approved courses through a number of key words.

On OpenRunner, you'll certainly recognise that you're in the presence of a official route of the club :

• With the appearance of logo of the club by hovering over the map extract or photo in the left-hand column.

• By the systematic mention "Course by : Club des Cent Cols"Click on the link below the route title in the left-hand column.

When you open the file for this route, you can find the list of routes of the Club des Cent Cols via a link in the top right-hand corner.

The "route description By clicking on the title in the left-hand column, you will find links to the Club des Cent Cols website, where you will find details of the guarantees for cycling tourism, enjoyment and safety.

The total distance of the road, gravel and mule routes and the positive altitude difference mean that these routes are accessible to all regular cyclists. This does not mean, however, that they should not be carefully examined.

Route descriptions on the Cent Cols website

• provides some information on the touristic interest of the route
• provides the names, codes and visual links of the passes crossed
• specifies the place of departure and parking facilities
• issues technical or safety advice on the routes used
• presents characteristic photos of the route and some of the passes crossed, thanks to the photo library supplied by club members

We have deliberately excluded from the Cent Cols routes the accesses to the mule passes that involve carrying loads. However, there may be sections that are easy to push, depending on the ability of each person (these accesses are therefore of type R1 sometimes R2, S1 sometimes S2).