Montée à Pierre-sur-Haute

The Montée à Pierre-sur-Haute is a road-cycling climb event up to the highest summit of the Monts du Forez, at 1,634 metres on the border of the Loire and Puy-de-Dôme departments. From the village of Sauvain, riders tackle the road through the Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park toward the Col du Béal and the final ramp to the Pierre-sur-Haute plateau, one of the hardest paved climbs in the Massif Central. The route rewards finishers with sweeping views over the Lyonnais, Pilat and Auvergne volcanoes.