Tesák (from Chvalčov)
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Tesák (from Chvalčov) is a 7.1 km cycling climb averaging 4.3% (+304 m), rising from 382 m to 686 m in Czechia.
The main crossroads of the Hostýnské vrchy at 640 m, on the interwar road driven through the range between 1925 and 1933. The Mamut Tour cyclomarathon takes a mountain prime at the saddle.
7.1 km · +304 m · 4.3% avg · ~8.6% max · 382 → 686 m
Stats computed from OpenStreetMap and satellite elevation data — approximate.
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Gradient by colour: ● <3% ● 3–6% ● 6–9% ● 9%+
Where it bites
Steepest 500 m: 8.6% (km 4.1–4.5).
| km | to | avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 408 m | 2.8% |
| 2 | 446 m | 3.6% |
| 3 | 469 m | 2.3% |
| 4 | 519 m | 5.3% |
| 5 | 599 m | 7.6% |
| 6 | 641 m | 4.1% |
| 7 | 685 m | 4.5% |
What it’s like to ride
Road II/437 leaves Chvalčov along the Bystřička and climbs the stream's valley toward its springs, topping out at the Tesák saddle at 640 m, the main crossroads of the Hostýnské vrchy. At an average of 4.3% it is a steady valley drag rather than a wall, and the tarmac is decent: the nine kilometre stretch from Chvalčov over Tesák to Troják was resurfaced in a two year job finished in 2019. Fir and beech close in near the top, where a small reserve of old fir-beech forest sits beside the saddle and the ski slopes above run to 750 m. The chata at the top burned to the ground in January 2022 and a small wooden building took its place, still cooking hot food while the rebuild waits on money.
History
The road up from Chvalčov is part of II/437, driven through the Hostýnské vrchy between 1925 and 1933 at the urging of Bystřice pod Hostýnem's mayor František Fryšák: it follows the upper Bystřička, breaks through the range at Tesák and Troják and links Haná with the Vsetín side. While inspecting the works Fryšák came across an abandoned forest clearing near the top, and the first tourist chata at Tesák opened there in 1932. The Zlín region rebuilt the 9,276 m stretch from the bridge in Chvalčov over Tesák to the Rajnochovice turn-off between August 2017 and October 2019, at a cost of 97.5 million crowns. The Mamut Tour cyclomarathon out of Přerov uses this side of the hill: in its 2023 edition the shorter course passed through Bystřice and climbed via Chvalčov to the Tesák mountain prime at kilometre 38.
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Common questions
- How long and steep is Tesák (from Chvalčov)?
- Tesák (from Chvalčov) is a 7.1 km cycling climb averaging 4.3% (+304 m), rising from 382 m to 686 m in Czechia.
- Where is Tesák (from Chvalčov) steepest?
- The steepest 500 m averages 8.6%, between km 4.1 and km 4.5 of the climb.