Col de Plainpalais by motorcycle
Col de Plainpalais tops out at 1,173 m (3,848 ft) in France. It is the 73rd 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
- 1,173 m (3,848 ft)
- Location
- France
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- No seasonal closure is recorded for this road in our data. High roads can still close after snow, so check before you go.
- Coordinates
- 45.6475, 6.0190
- 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 Plainpalais
The web route planner opens with Col de Plainpalais 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 Plainpalais
- Col des Prés 7 km SE · 1,134 m
- Col du Frêne 12 km SE · 950 m
- Col du Chat 14 km W · 638 m
- Mont du Chat 15 km W · 1,486 m
- Col de Leschaux 16 km NE · 901 m
- Col de l'Épine 17 km SW · 987 m
Col de Plainpalais in the Motoseyir app
Col de Plainpalais 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.