Southern Alps
Col du Lautaret
Col du Lautaret links Le Bourg-d'Oisans and Briançon over 66.7 km. The summit stands at 2,058 m, with 1,872 m of total climbing along the route.
- Summit altitude
- 2,058 m
- Route length
- 66.7 km
- Total climbing
- 1,872 m
Le Bourg-d'OisansBriançon
Elevation profile
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The climbs
- I
Climb from Le Bourg-d'Oisans
Starts at 721 m
- of climbing
- 38.9 km
- elevation gain
- 1,794 m
- average gradient
- 3.4 %
- II
Climb from Briançon
Starts at 1,291 m
- of climbing
- 27.8 km
- elevation gain
- 840 m
- average gradient
- 2.7 %
Before you go
- I
High mountain pass: closed for much of the year. Opening depends on snow, so check road conditions before setting off.
- II
Those 1,872 m must be descended too: lower gear and engine braking on long descents.
- III
A road shared with cyclists, hikers and farm vehicles. Club meeting points are never published. Read the circle’s rules ↗
Nearby
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Submit an application↗Relief: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data). Route, summit and altitude: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), OSRM routing. Profile computed from relief data; indicative values.