Col Agnel

Col Agnel
Pass height	2744 m
Winter closure	October 1st - June 15th
Mountains	Cottian Alps
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Coordinates	44 ° 41 ′ 6 " N , 6 ° 58 ′ 46" E Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′ 6 " N , 6 ° 58 ′ 46" E

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The Col Agnel ( French Col Agnel , Italian Colle dell'Agnello ) is a 2744 m high border mountain pass between Italy and France in the Cottian Alps .

description

The Col Agnel / Colle dell'Agnello ( SG 2-3 ) is the highest border pass in the Alps and, after the Col de l'Iseran and the Stilfser Joch, the third highest paved alpine pass.

It connects the French Queyras ( Hautes-Alpes department ) with the Italian Varaita valley ( Cuneo province , Piedmont region ). From the southern, Italian side, the road SP 251 from Pontechianale leads to the pass, from the northern, French side, the road D 205. The last village on the French side is Fontgillarde .

The Col Agnel / Colle dell'Agnello in cycling races

In 2008 the Tour de France route crossed the pass on the way to Prato Nevoso . In 2011, the Col Agnel was climbed from the south on the 18th stage . The Col Agnel was classified in the highest category ( HC ).

At the Giro d'Italia 2016 , the mountain classification was awarded at the highest point of the route, the Cima Coppi , on the Colle dell'Agnello.

The pass height at 2 ° C and sleet

literature

Henri Ferrand: Le Col de la Traversette et le Col Agnel . Typography et lithography Allier Frères, Grenoble 1908.
Gianfranco Suda: Mountain bike. Dal Colle di Tenda al Colle dell'Agnello: 62 itinerari sulle montagne del Cuneese . Blu, Torino 2010, ISBN 978-88-7904-054-9 .
Léon Thuriet / Aristide Mourrat: Journal d'un enseveli / Au poste d'hiver du col Agnel . Editions transhumances, Val-des-Prés 2012, ISBN 978-2-919754-12-0 .

Web links

Commons : Col Agnel - collection of images, videos and audio files

Through the French Alps: Col Agnel
4biker.eu ( Memento from September 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )