Col de l'Aiguillon

Col de l'Aiguillon
Col de l'Aiguillon
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	1293  m above sea level M.
Canton	Vaud
Valley locations	L'Auberson	Baulmes
expansion	Street
Built	?
Winter closure	November - April
profile
Ø pitch	4.0% (202 m / 5 km)	8.2% (652 m / 8 km)
Max. Incline		18%
Map (Vaud)
Coordinates	525 240  /  182 505 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '22 "  N , 6 ° 27' 34"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and twenty-five thousand two hundred and forty  /  182 505

The Col de l'Aiguillon is a pass in the Swiss canton of Vaud between the towns of L'Auberson in the commune of Sainte-Croix and Baulmes .

The pass is at 1293  m . The pass road is 13.7 km long and has a maximum gradient of 18 percent. Although the pass road is entirely on Swiss territory, the pass is only 120 m away from the French border.

The rock between the Col de l'Aiguillon and the highest point of the Aiguilles de Baulmes is a popular climbing wall.

The Jura Route (V7) from Veloland Switzerland uses this pass.

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