
Every hairpin is numbered. Every corner has a name. Alpe d’Huez is the most recognizable climb in road cycling, and the 21 switchbacks look as good on a poster as they feel to ride. Use the pre-loaded route preview below to see exactly how it looks before you order.
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Alpe d’Huez has been part of the Tour de France since 1952. The 21 numbered hairpins stretch from Bourg d’Oisans to the summit at 1,860m, and every one of them has a name and a piece of Tour history attached to it. A custom Alpe d’Huez poster captures all of that in a single clean map image, with your GPS trace if you have ridden it yourself, or the pre-loaded route if you are planning to. The elevation profile option adds the gradient below the map, showing every ramp and the steepest sections of the climb. Printed on 240gsm paper and shipped worldwide, rated 5 stars on Trustpilot.
“The pre-loaded route was perfect. Had the poster framed before my trip to the Alps. Ended up riding the actual climb the following week. It’s hanging next to my bike now.”
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The Climb
Twenty-one hairpins. Fourteen kilometers. An average gradient of 8.1%, with sections hitting 13%. Alpe d’Huez has hosted more Tour de France summit finishes than any other climb, and its distinctive zigzag shape is instantly recognizable from above. A poster of the 21 hairpins is not just cycling art. For anyone who has ridden it, it is a record of something they worked hard for.
The switchbacks are the defining visual feature of this climb. Each one is numbered from 21 at the bottom to 1 at the top, and all of them show up clearly on the map.
Add the gradient graph below the map to show the full 1,100m of climbing and every steep ramp along the way.
The Alpe d’Huez GPX is built into the tool. Click to open and see exactly how your poster will look before committing to a purchase.
Choose your route line color and map background. A dark map makes the route pop. A light topo style shows the terrain around the climb.
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Click the button below and Alpe d’Huez opens instantly in the editor. Or upload your own GPS trace if you have ridden it.
Choose map style, route color, elevation profile on or off, and add a title or summit elevation as a text line.
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The climb itself is fixed once you upload your data, since that's your real GPX or Strava track, but everything around it is yours to set: map background, route color and line weight, a title and any subtitle text, your name and finish time, and whether distance and elevation gain show up as numbers on the page. Together Mode merges two riders' data onto one poster if you climbed it as a pair.
Most people order this as a single route, since a climb this well known reads clearly as one continuous line up the mountain with each of the 21 bends staying visible. Heatmap mode makes more sense if you've ridden the Alpe more than once or want to show a whole trip through the Alps rather than a single ascent.
Alpe d'Huez holds a fairly steady gradient for most of its 13.8 kilometers, easing off a little through the lower and middle hairpins before kicking up again near the ski station, so elevation coloring can show that rhythm if you want the climb profile to do some of the talking. A single strong color keeps the focus on the hairpin shape itself, which a lot of riders prefer since the switchbacks are the part everyone recognizes.
Alpe d'Huez has one main road up from Bourg-d'Oisans, so almost every GPX file matches, but if you started from a different valley town or linked the climb with another one that day, upload your own file or connect Strava and we'll plot exactly what you rode instead of the standard course.
Yes. The route on your poster is plotted from your actual GPX or Strava data, so every switchback you rode is there, all 21 numbered bends, exactly as you climbed them. Use your own file instead of the preloaded course and the poster will match your specific ride, including any detours or stops along the way.
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