The Col Collector – Been There, Done That

There are many climbs that I’ve put on the bucket list over the years and on this page you’ll see an overview of the ones I’ve been able to tick off.

Other than those, I discover (many, many) more, every time I plan a new expedition 🙂

In 2021, I cycled my 50th over 2000 m climb (Plan du Lac), my 50th “French” climb (Col du Pré) and ascended the Alpe d’Huez for the 10th time.

For more info on cols I have made more detailed information pages on myself, click on their names.

Other cols have a link to CyclingCols behind their names if available, or another alternative if I can find one, like Quaeldich (only in German) and ClimbFinder.

You can find reports of my struggles on every respective climb by clicking the link next to the starting point / place of it.

This list only contains climbs with a summit above 1,000 meters and includes some in other areas than the Alps or Dolomites, mainly the Vosges, the Eifel, the Black Forest and on Gran Canaria.

And although I’ve been on Mallorca, even a more famous climb like Sa Calobra, does not meet that ‘over 1,000 meters’ criterion.

In the French Vosges, I’ve seen – besides the ones listed and among others – the summit signs of Le Markstein (1,183) and Le Breitfirst (1,280), but I passed these while traversing the ridge between Le Grand Ballon and the Col du Platzerwasel. That meant they were reached/passed relatively effortlessly and I do not qualify them as (separate) climbs

You can find an interactive map here.