The climb starts almost at Girona's eastern edge, on the GIV-6703, close enough to town that you are climbing within a few minutes of leaving the centre. The first kilometre is wide and easy at around 5%, kilometres two and three do most of the real work at 6 to 7% with pitches to 8%, and from about kilometre five the gradient slackens toward 2% and stays moderate the rest of the way up. It is a mix of long straights and switchbacks through woodland, shaded in places and open in others, and it flattens off and even tips downhill at least twice, so holding one steady number takes some judgement. The surface is good and there is little traffic. A large cross tells you that you have topped out; a 500 m spur to the left takes you to the Santuari dels Àngels, where the restaurant will sort you out with a drink and the view runs over Girona, the Baix Empordà, the Medes Islands and north to the Pyrenees. Can Pol, on the way up, does traditional Catalan cooking if you want the longer stop.