{"id":82624,"date":"2024-05-07T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centcols.org\/le-col-luitel\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T19:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:28:50","slug":"the-luitel-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centcols.org\/en\/le-col-luitel\/","title":{"rendered":"Col Luitel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le&nbsp;<strong>Col Luitel<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/en\/util\/geo\/visuGen.php\/?code=FR-38-1262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FR-38-1262<\/a>),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a member of the Cent Cols club, this name triggers a \"tilt\" since it is linked to the <strong>creation of the brotherhood<\/strong>&nbsp;: <a href=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/en\/historique-cent-cols-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It was after climbing this pass in 1970 that Jean Perdoux had the idea of creating the \"Club des Cent Cols\".<\/a>&nbsp;\"before writing the rules in <strong>1972.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For someone from Grenoble going skiing in Chamrousse, \"le Luitel\" is at the crossroads of the D111 (from Uriage to Chamrousse) and the small road leading down to S\u00e9chilienne ... below the start of the Arselle cross-country ski runs ... well no, the pass is 500 metres away, in the middle of the Luitel nature reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-Panneau1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83301 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-Panneau1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-Panneau1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Cet emplacement (indiscutable) correspond \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 la position sur la carte IGN, la localisation par le Club des Cent cols, et la position du panneau en bois indiquant Col Luitel 1262&nbsp;m.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>On-site verification in May 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclotouristes-grenoblois.assoconnect.com\/articles\/135604-mais-ou-est-donc-exactement-le-col-luitel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mais o\u00f9 est donc exactement le Col Luitel&nbsp;?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-Carte1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83302 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-Carte1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-Carte1-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toponymy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Luitel: this is the name of the pass, the lake, the peat bog and the nature reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/00378941.1963.10835448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article in the Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Botanique de France<\/a> (page 150) \u00ab&nbsp;Les documents historiques sur le Luitel sont presque inexistants. Rares sont les textes anciens qui y font allusion&nbsp;; les archives de l&rsquo;Is\u00e8re ne nous apprennent rien d&rsquo;int\u00e9ressant \u00e0 son sujet. Tout au plus le trouve-t-on cit\u00e9 quelquefois sous les noms de Lauvestellum, Lutet, Luther, puis Luytel et Luitel&nbsp;\u00bb(i).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geographical location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massif<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Col Luitel is located to the south of the Belledonne mountain range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>En cet endroit, il y a plus de 50&nbsp;000 ans, un bras du glacier de la vall\u00e9e de la Romanche cheminait lentement par le col Luitel. Cette v\u00e9ritable r\u00e2pe continue a creus\u00e9 ici des d\u00e9pressions plus ou moins profondes (de 11 \u00e0 16&nbsp;m.).&nbsp; Le lac Luitel, beaucoup plus vaste \u00e0 l\u2019origine s\u2019est form\u00e9 lors du retrait des glaciers. Constamment aliment\u00e9 en eaux, le lac s\u2019est transform\u00e9 en partie en tourbi\u00e8re par la croissance et l\u2019accumulation de d\u00e9bris v\u00e9g\u00e9taux. Au col Luitel pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment,&nbsp; la prolif\u00e9ration typique de mousses (les sphaignes) a entrain\u00e9 le bombement de la tourbi\u00e8re form\u00e9e dans une d\u00e9pression moins profonde que celle du lac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LA-tourbiere-P1000175-1-1200x8001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"83303\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LA-tourbiere-P1000175-1-1200x8001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LA-tourbiere-P1000175-1-1200x8001-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LA-tourbiere-P1000175-1-1200x8001-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">the peat bog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Le-Lac-Luitel-P1000177-1200x8001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"83304\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Le-Lac-Luitel-P1000177-1200x8001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Le-Lac-Luitel-P1000177-1200x8001-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Le-Lac-Luitel-P1000177-1200x8001-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lake Luitel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hydrography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lac Luitel is located in the <strong>north of the pass.<\/strong> It is fed by the Ruisseau de Rambert, which comes from the Arselle plateau (peat bog). The lake's outlet is located near the bend in the D111 (coming from Uriage), just before the junction with the route de S\u00e9chilienne. Further downstream flows the Ruisseau de Pr\u00e9mol, a tributary of the Ruisseau de la Grande Maille at Vaulnaveys-le-Bas, itself a tributary of the Romanche at Vizille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snow clearing on the Chamrousse road by salting and water run-off cause large quantities of salt to be transferred to the Luitel lake and peat bog. See the study: <em>\u00ab&nbsp;Les effets des \u00e9pandages de sel sur la tourbi\u00e8re lacustre du Luitel (massif de Belledonne, France)&nbsp;: la d\u00e9rivation des eaux du ruisseau du Rambert comme rem\u00e8de \u00e0 la pollution&nbsp;\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persee.fr\/doc\/rga_0035-1121_2003_num_91_1_2230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Revue de G\u00e9ographie Alpine Ann\u00e9e 2003 91-1 pp. 51-66)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Grenoble<\/strong> (Palais des sport 23,5&nbsp;km, 213&nbsp;m), Gi\u00e9res (\u00e0 20&nbsp;km, alt&nbsp;; 227&nbsp;m),&nbsp; Uriage (\u00e0 13&nbsp;km, alt &nbsp;412m)&nbsp; par D524,&nbsp; MF de Pr\u00e9mol (\u00e0 3&nbsp;km, 1088&nbsp;m) par D111, Carrefour D111\/ RF (0,5&nbsp;km \u2013 1268m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Chamrousse <\/strong>(Roche Beranger) (alt 1745&nbsp;m) par la D111 ont atteint le carrefour de la route de S\u00e9chilienne en 7,5&nbsp; km de descente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>De S\u00e9chilienne <\/strong>(alt.&nbsp;368m) il faut monter 10&nbsp;km (route C1) pour atteindre le col Luitel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">What to see - tourism&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the pass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isere-tourisme.com\/patrimoine-naturel\/reserve-naturelle-du-luitel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lac Luitel Nature Reserve,<\/a> the first created in France (1961), contains all the ecological stages of a sphagnum peat bog on its 17-hectare site. Lake Luitel owes its existence to the great glaciers of the Quaternary period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Col Luitel peat bog became part of the reserve in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacsdemontagne.fr\/pages%20web\/38\/Belledonne\/lac%20Luitel\/lac_luitel.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This reserve<\/a>The Luitel peat bog is made up of two areas: Lac Luitel, a lake and peat bog characterised by floating rafts, and the partially wooded Col Luitel peat bog. There are a number of signposted footpaths through the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Administrative status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Col Luitel is located in the commune of S\u00e9chilienne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boundary with the commune of Vaulnaveys-le-Haut is the D111 (route de Chamrousse).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cycling and cycle tourism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/D-L-100-cols.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fiftieth anniversary of the Club des Cents Cols<\/a> (Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le samedi 25 juin 2022 le Club des Cent Cols a f\u00eat\u00e9 ces 50 ans. Le rassemblement, d\u2019une centaine de personnes, s\u2019est tenu sur le parking de la maison foresti\u00e8re de Premol (altitude 1088&nbsp;m) situ\u00e9e \u00e0 3&nbsp;km du col.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>After research and discussion between Guy Harl\u00e9, the organiser of the event, and a number of local centcolists, this venue was chosen because of its proximity to the pass (and the fact that it was impossible to hold the event at the pass itself due to the cramped conditions of the small car park on the edge of the Luitel nature reserve).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was vital to avoid trampling on the reserve ...<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-Plan-Luitel-Parking-1-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89964 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-Plan-Luitel-Parking-1-11.jpg 414w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-Plan-Luitel-Parking-1-11-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0c05255eddc&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0c05255eddc\" class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rally and the speech by organiser Guy Harl\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"82635\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-discours-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-discours-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-discours-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speech by Jean Perdoux, founding chairman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"82636\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/7-discours-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/7-discours-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/7-discours-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The speech by the current President Enrico Alberini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Profiles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83312 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>D\u00e9part&nbsp;: Vaulnaveys le Haut<br>Longueur&nbsp;: 10.90&nbsp;km<br>D\u00e9nivellation&nbsp;: 855&nbsp;m<br>% Moyen&nbsp;: 7.84%<br>% Maximal&nbsp;: 10.2%<br><a href=\"http:\/\/Cols-cyclisme.com\">Cols-cyclisme.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Profile of the Col Luitel from Uriage.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>D\u00e9part&nbsp;: S\u00e9chilienne<br>Longueur&nbsp;: 10.30&nbsp;km<br>D\u00e9nivellation&nbsp;: 901&nbsp;m<br>% Moyen&nbsp;: 8.75%<br>% Maximal&nbsp;: 14.3%<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cols-cyclisme.com\/belledonne\/france\/col-luitel-depuis-sechilienne-c102.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cols-cyclisme.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Profile of the Col Luitel from S\u00e9chilenne<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83313 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And, finally, a few images about the <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipO-WPhiqBe6q-hi6QVjOhEqKQ1Pp0Ww75PjJzLnOCE1UxwoZTioqhhI_4PyYAHLHQ?key=NnNuOUdPYkwyMHhSQ2xCX09MWWdVWmVkN2NpRmln\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COL LUITEL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>An article by G\u00e9rard Galland (and Bernard Giraudeau for the geology section)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le&nbsp;Col Luitel&nbsp;(FR-38-1262), Pour un membre du club de Cent Cols, ce nom d\u00e9clenche un \u00ab&nbsp;tilt&nbsp;\u00bb puisque ce nom est li\u00e9 \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de la confr\u00e9rie&nbsp;: c\u2019est apr\u00e8s avoir escalad\u00e9 ce col&nbsp; en 1970, que Jean Perdoux eut 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