La Planche des Belles Filles - Wikipedia The name Belles Filles literally means "beautiful girls", but is actually derived from the local plant life The mountain is attested from the 16th century as lieu peuplé de belles fahys, a "place inhabited with nice beech trees" in the local dialect
Hors Course stage 7: The legend of la Planche des Belles Filles While the etymology of the name actually means lieu peuplé de belles fahys or a “place inhabited with nice beech trees” in the local language that later morphed into Belles Filles in French,
“La Super Planche des Belles Filles” Details (Zwift Climb Portal) Named for the ski station at its summit, the “super” version of this climb adds an unpaved, brutally steep finishing ramp to the already difficult climb It was first used in the Tour de France in 2019 and lengthens the ride by ~1 kilometer while adding ~100 meters of climbing