Colle della Croce explained

Colle della Croce
Col Lacroix
Elevation M:2299
Elevation Ref:[1]
Traversed:bridle path
Map:Alps
Label:Colle della Croce
Coords:44.7722°N 7.0211°W
Location:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Piemonte, Italy
Range:Cottian Alps

The Colle della Croce (Italian) or Col Lacroix (French,[1] sometimes referred as Col de la Croix[2]) is a pedestrian pass (el. 2,299 m / 7,541 ft) of the Cottian Alps.

Etymology

Both in Italian and in French the name means pass of the Cross.

Geography

The pass connects the villages of La Montà (commune of Ristolas, in France) and Villanova (comune of Bobbio Pellice, in Italy).

It forms the limit between the Central and the Southern Cottian Alps.[3]

Maps

Notes and References

  1. Géoportail IGN on www.geoportail.fr
  2. Ristolas - Ristolas, Christophe Antoine; web site Tourisme & randonnée en Queyras http://queyras.aparcourir.com (accessed: May 2012)
  3. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca . 2005 . it . 978-88-8068-273-8 .