Anyone done the Oulles climb off the Col d'Ornon?

[Winnershsaint]

Seems like this is a favourite for locals. Anyone done it? Looks stunning.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Just like @Winnershsaint , I'd like to know what it's like, because it sounds like a nice one to ride up. There is this description:
http://www.cycling-challenge.com/alpe-dhuez-oulles-and-col-dornon/
but if any forum member has done it, can you share how you found it?

 

[Winnershsaint]

We are looking to do Oulles, Villard Reymond out and back and then go to the top of the Ornon before returning to Bourg D'Oisans

 

[andrew_s]

If you want to be adventurous, you could do the Col du Solude first, via Villard-Notre-Dame.
It is a track rather than a tarmac road though.

 

[Winnershsaint]

Not at all adventurous. Wouldn't go along D219 if you paid me anyway. Can't climb, can't descend and suffer from vertigo. Will give all balcony roads a miss. Sometimes I wonder why I'm going

 

[Shut Up Legs]

If you want to be adventurous, you could do the Col du Solude first, via Villard-Notre-Dame.
It is a track rather than a tarmac road though.

How much of it is unsealed? I read it was partly unsealed, but couldn't find how much. A Col de Solude loop from Le Bourg d'Oisans is on my to-do list.
(No idea when I'd be doing it, though, given I have to travel across the world just to get to that general area)

Actually, I think I just answered my own question. As far as I can tell from Google StreetView, the unsealed part is from Villard-Notre-Dame to Villard-Reymond, about 4.2km long.

 

[andrew_s]

Will give all balcony roads a miss.

Balcony roads are good. It's a pity some of the best are now closed (Route des Ecouges, Grands Goulets etc)