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Col de la Cayolle

Coordinates: 44°15′32″N 6°44′38″E / 44.25889°N 6.74389°E / 44.25889; 6.74389
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Col de la Cayolle
Sign at the summit, showing the border between the two departments
Elevation2,326 m (7,631 ft)
LocationFrance
RangeAlps
Coordinates44°15′32″N 6°44′38″E / 44.25889°N 6.74389°E / 44.25889; 6.74389
Col de la Cayolle is located in Alps
Col de la Cayolle
Col de la Cayolle
Location of Col de la Cayolle

Col de la Cayolle (el. 2,326 m) is a high mountain pass in the French Alps at the border between the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France.

It connects Barcelonnette in the Ubaye Valley and Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes.

It lies parallel to the Col d'Allos and Col de la Bonette in the Parc National du Mercantour.

The Var River has its source near the pass.

The road leads to the red-rock Gorges de Daluis.

Bicycle tourism

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Together with the Col des Champs and the Col d'Allos it forms part of a popular round trip for cyclists.

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