Col de l'Échelle by motorcycle
Col de l'Échelle tops out at 1,762 m (5,781 ft) in France. It is the 27th 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.
At a glance
- Elevation
- 1,762 m (5,781 ft)
- Location
- France
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- Usually closed to motor vehicles from November to May, 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
- 45.0265, 6.6570
- 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 l'Échelle
The web route planner opens with Col de l'Échelle 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.
Passes near Col de l'Échelle
- Col de Granon 8 km SW · 2,413 m
- Col de Montgenèvre 12 km SE · 1,851 m
- Colle del Sestriere 19 km SE · 2,035 m
- Col du Lautaret 20 km W · 2,057 m
- Col du Galibier 20 km W · 2,642 m
- Col d'Izoard 24 km S · 2,361 m
Col de l'Échelle in the Motoseyir app
Col de l'Échelle 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.