Col des Aravis by motorcycle
Col des Aravis tops out at 1,487 m (4,879 ft) in France. It is the 44th 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
- 1,487 m (4,879 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
- 45.8723, 6.4649
- 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 des Aravis
The web route planner opens with Col des Aravis 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 des Aravis
- Col de Merdassier 4 km W · 1,500 m
- Col de la Croix Fry 5 km W · 1,467 m
- Col de la Colombière 13 km N · 1,613 m
- Col des Saisies 13 km SE · 1,650 m
- Col de l'Épine 14 km SW · 947 m
- Col de la Forclaz 18 km SW · 1,147 m
Col des Aravis in the Motoseyir app
Col des Aravis 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.