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Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Le Monêtier-les-Bains

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France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Briançon

Le Monêtier-Les-Bains

Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Le Monêtier-les-Bains

Hard

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Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Le Monêtier-les-Bains

06:07

51.2km

1,960m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 17.6 km for 2.18 km

Closed: • October 20-May 31 (otherwise open)

After 20.2 km for 1.97 km

Closed: • October 20-May 31 (otherwise open)

After 22.4 km for 3.94 km

Closed: • October 20-May 31 (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

1.79 km

Beach

5.28 km

On the road to Lauraret

Highlight • Other

8.33 km

Col du Lautaret gravel

Highlight • Other

The sometimes busy road makes this climb not one of the cyclists favourites. Little do they know that there's a quiet gravel path through the valley. Apart from a few …

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14.2 km

Old Galibier Road

Highlight • Trail

Once on top of the Lautaret, the real deal begins: the ascent of the Galibier. Not via the main road, but over the "Ancienne Route", or, the Old Galibier Road. …

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18.7 km

Col du Galibier

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Reaching an altitude of 2,642 meters, the Galibier Pass connects Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne to Briançon via the Télégraphe and Lautaret Passes. The Tour de France first crossed the Galibier on July 10, …

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30.9 km

Viewpoint

31.9 km

View of Lake Grand Ban from the Col des Rochilles

Highlight • Lake

View of the Grand Ban lake, from the Col des Rochilles

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32.9 km

Col des Cerces

Highlight • Mountain Pass

At 2,574 meters above sea level, the Col des Cerces is located between Pointe des Blanchets and Pointe de la Fourche.

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36.6 km

Ponsonnière Pass

Highlight • Trail

Located at 2,613 meters above sea level, the Col de la Ponsonnière marks the passage from the Northern Alps to the Southern Alps.

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37.4 km

Lac de la Ponsonnière

Lake

39.1 km

Mountain Pass

42.0 km

L'Alpe du Lauzet

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you come from Ponsonniere, you pass here on the way down. However, the previous landscape was far more spectacular.

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51.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.1 km

17.2 km

8.33 km

668 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.5 km

12.5 km

11.1 km

4.92 km

4.64 km

298 m

291 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,630 m)

Lowest point (1,460 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

14°C

1°C

0 %

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Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Le Monêtier-les-Bains

On the road to Lauraret

Col du Lautaret gravel

Old Galibier Road

Col du Galibier

View of Lake Grand Ban from the Col des Rochilles

Col des Cerces

Ponsonnière Pass

L'Alpe du Lauzet

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