Col du Mont-Cenis by motorcycle
Col du Mont-Cenis tops out at 2,081 m (6,827 ft) in France. It is the 14th 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
- 2,081 m (6,827 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
- 45.2598, 6.9009
- 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 du Mont-Cenis
The web route planner opens with Col du Mont-Cenis 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 du Mont-Cenis
- Col de l'Iseran 20 km NE · 2,764 m
- Colle delle Finestre 24 km SE · 2,176 m
- Colle del Nivolet 31 km NE · 2,612 m
- Col de l'Échelle 32 km SW · 1,762 m
- Colle del Sestriere 33 km S · 2,035 m
- Col du Télégraphe 36 km W · 1,566 m
Col du Mont-Cenis in the Motoseyir app
Col du Mont-Cenis 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.