Mare de Déu del Mont
Road · 112 km · The biggest day on this list, and the best view.
112.4 km
1,812 m+
5 h+
Hard
1 passport climb
Route & elevation
The ride
Mare de Déu del Mont is a sanctuary on top of a mountain at the edge of the Pyrenees, and getting there from Girona is a proper expedition: north through Banyoles and Besalú, then a climb that keeps going long after you expect it to stop.
Eighteen hundred metres of climbing over a hundred and twelve kilometres. From the top you can see the Pyrenees on one side and the sea on the other. There is no shortcut to that view.
Coffee stop
[ORIOL: cafetería de esta ruta — nombre, enlace de Google Maps y una línea de por qué paras ahí.]
Passport climb: Mare de Déu del Mont
The climb from Besalú. The hardest single climb in the passport, and the one that takes a whole day to come and collect.