A well-deserved view awaits you at this mountain pass!
From the top of its 1,301 m, it is the smallest of the 7 passes but not the easiest for all that! It goes up from the old village of Ubaye, and the terrain is not the easiest.
From the top of its 1,301 m, it is the smallest of the 7 passes but not the easiest for all that! It goes up from the old village of Ubaye, and the terrain is not the easiest.
As with the Col Saint-Jean, after a 20km descent from Barcelonnette to Le Lauzet, the route then heads for Lac de Serre-Ponçon.
The pass starts at the old village of Ubaye, which was drowned when the dam was built, leaving only the cemetery, which has been moved upstream along the road.
The ascent to the pass is short (barely 5 km) but ‘old-fashioned’: a small winding road, numerous hairpins, gravelly tarmac... There's no respite until you reach the summit.
The gradients are vintage too, varying from 8% to 11%, and even more on the exit of a bend.
The reward is equal to the difficulty. The descent with views over the lake is magnificent.
The pass starts at the old village of Ubaye, which was drowned when the dam was built, leaving only the cemetery, which has been moved upstream along the road.
The ascent to the pass is short (barely 5 km) but ‘old-fashioned’: a small winding road, numerous hairpins, gravelly tarmac... There's no respite until you reach the summit.
The gradients are vintage too, varying from 8% to 11%, and even more on the exit of a bend.
The reward is equal to the difficulty. The descent with views over the lake is magnificent.
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