Col du Granon, Serre-Chevalier

Name: Col du Granon
Address: Serre-Chevalier, France

#3 among attractions in Serre-Chevalier

Mountain pass, Nature

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Facts and practical information

Col du Granon is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France. A narrow tarmac road winds steeply up the southern approach. Gravel roads continue beyond the pass, in a military training zone. It hosted the highest ever mountain-top stage finish in the Tour de France—once only—in 1986, until the 2011 Tour de France, that had a finish in the Col du Galibier, at 2,645 m of altitude. Eduardo Chozas of Spain won the stage after a long lone breakaway. ()

Local name: Col de Granon Maximum elevation: 7917 ftCoordinates: 44°57'46"N, 6°36'40"E

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Serre-Chevalier France

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Col du Granon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Les Grands Bains, Parc 1326, Fort des Têtes, Fort de l'Olive.

5.2 miW
44°58'28"N • 6°30'21"E
Les Grands Bains, Le Monêtier-les-Bains
133 min walk • Watersports, Thermal spa, Outdoor activities
5.2 miS
44°53'21"N • 6°37'43"E
Parc 1326, Briançon
132 min walk • Watersports, Sport complex, Game and entertainment center
5 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort des Têtes
129 min walk • The Fort des Têtes, also known as the Fort des Trois Têtes, is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. Partially designed by Vauban, the fort was first established as a permanent fortification in the 1720s and was used by the French army until 1940.
2.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort de l'Olive
75 min walk • The Fort de l'Olive is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. Built in 1881 it was originally called the Ouvrage du Bois des Gasquets, it was the third and final fort built near Briançon as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications in the 1870s and 1880s.
2.3 miSW
44°56'7"N • 6°34'60"E
La Baignade Bio de Chantemerle, Serre-Chevalier
60 min walk • Watersports, Swimming pool, Swimming
6 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort de l'Infernet
153 min walk • The Fort de l'Infernet is a fortification complex near Briançon in the French Alps. It was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications in 1876–78 to defend France against invasion from Italy.
3.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
81 min walk • Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of 2,393 metres on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete.
5 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort du Randouillet, Briançon
129 min walk • The Fort du Randouillet, is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. Briançon was surveyed by Vauban in 1692.
~1720 ftNE
Forts and castles
Ouvrage Col du Granon
9 min walk • Ouvrage Col du Granon is a lesser work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one observation block covering the Col du Granon as part of the defenses of Briançon and Grenoble.
4.6 miS
Church
Church of Our Lady, Briançon
118 min walk • The collegiate church of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Nicolas de Briançon is a former collegiate church that became the parish church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Nicolas located in Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, place du Temple.
2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Vallée de la Clarée
70 min walk • The Vallée de la Clarée is a scenic valley in the French Alps near to Montgenèvre, Briançon and the French-Italian border. The Clarée river runs through the valley. The mountains on either side are part of the Massif des Cerces. To the west they are between 2800 and 2900m high, while on the east side they are between 2300 and 2400m high.

Col du Granon, Serre-Chevalier

Facts and practical information

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Col du Granon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)