Col de Poutran (Alpe d’Huez)
	Height	Climbing height - length
	1996m	1279m - 16.1 km (Le Bourg d’Oisans) 1329m - 24.3 km (Rochetaillée via Villard-Reculas) 1271m - 21.3 km (Bge du Verney via Villard-Reculas) 1560m - 26.3 km (Le Freney-d’Oisans)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	3-4 (5)	4 (5)
How to get there	The information for this pass is in part similar to the one for Col de Sarenne. The classic Alpe d’Huez climb is part of the climb to this pass. One could do the full Alpe d’Huez climb from Le Bourg d’Oisans (717m) or one could come down from the Col de la Croix de Fer (2064m) road and take off at the southern side of the lower dam, Bge du Verney (772m), and climb via Villard-Reculas and Huez to the pass. This is slightly easier as the road is almost flat for some kilometres between Villard-Reculas and Huez. This is a very beautiful way to go to the pass. You could start below the dam at Rochetaillée (714m) if you are coming up from Grenoble and then join the same road via Villard-Reculas. If you come down from the Col du Lautaret (2057m) pass, you could start the climb at Le Freney-d’Oisans (828m) and use a very nice balcony road to get a bit up on the Alpe d’Huez road (with a little up and down to La Garde (422m descent)).
Other comments	There are plenty of cyclists in this region because of the magnetism that Alpe d’Huez has on cyclists worldwide. Alpe d’Huez almost looks charming from up at the pass height (though it would be hard to claim the same while being closer to that village). Alpe d’Huez, of course, has all kinds of restaurants, cafés and shops. One could continue on the asphalt road a little longer than the pass and end up at a little lake where the road ends. The pass is not signed for, but the road to take above Alpe d’Huez is obvious. The pass is located slightly off the actual road on a path down to the station Oz. One could also climb to this pass via Col de Sarenne (1999m), but that climb mostly consist of the climb to that pass rather than the Poutran pass. [FR-38-1996b, BIG 290]
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