What's the toughest climb you know -- on paved roads in the Hudson
valley south of Albany?

What's the biggest climb? as in vertical difference between bottom
and top elevations?

What's your _favorite_ tough climb? The one you actually do the most.

pat12601 wrote:
> I always get a bit of a chukle when I hear the
> comentators going on about one of the mountain
> climbs of the Tour de France

I think you're right that some of our climbs in the Hudson valley are
steeper than many of the climbs in the Tour de France, at least the
ones in the Alps (I haven't tried the Pyrenees). Though I've heard
sometimes other big Euro races, Giro d'Italia + Vuelta, have tougher
climbs (e.g. Monte Zoncolan). I'd say if you can climb Platte Clove
Rd twice, it's a pretty good bet you can climb the famous Alpe d'Huez
road.

The shortcoming of lots of climbs in the Hudson valley is that
they're mostly in the trees, so they don't have views like these:
http://roberts-1.com/t/b07/f/k/e
http://roberts-1.com/t/b07/f/k/h

Ken