Mountain pass · France

Col de la Cayolle by motorcycle

Col de la Cayolle tops out at 2,326 m (7,631 ft) in France. It is the 9th highest of the 145 passes in France on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.

Col de la Cayolle
Photo: Jamie Street jamie452, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Elevation
2,326 m (7,631 ft)
Location
France
Road surface
Paved
Winter
Usually closed to motor vehicles from November to April, going by the seasonal closure recorded for the road. Dates move with the snow every year, so check the road authority’s current notice before you go.
Coordinates
44.2591, 6.7440
Sources
Wikipedia · OpenStreetMap

Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.

Ride a loop over Col de la Cayolle

The web route planner opens with Col de la Cayolle as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.

Plan a loop over Col de la Cayolle

Passes near Col de la Cayolle

Col de la Cayolle in the Motoseyir app

Col de la Cayolle is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.

If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.

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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.