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Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Villar-d'Arêne

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France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Briançon

Villar-D'Arêne

Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Villar-d'Arêne

Hard

4.8

(5)

260

riders

Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Villar-d'Arêne

08:20

58.7km

2,570m

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: August 5, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 14.2 km for 1.17 km

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

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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10.8 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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15.2 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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30.2 km

Viewpoint

31.3 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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32.2 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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35.9 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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36.8 km

Lac de la Ponsonnière

Lake

38.5 km

Mountain Pass

41.3 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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41.8 km

Chemin du Roy

Highlight (Segment) • Other

Beautiful path halfway up the hill from where you can admire the entire valley.
Depending on the direction and type of bike with which you ride it, some stretches are pushed.

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51.7 km

Lautaret Pass

Highlight • Other

52.1 km

Col du Lautaret

Mountain Pass

58.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.1 km

17.3 km

1.56 km

1.41 km

1.30 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.6 km

16.0 km

10.1 km

3.83 km

3.81 km

238 m

219 m

Elevation

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Friday 7 August

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Col du Galibier – Ponsonnière Pass loop from Villar-d'Arêne

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

Chemin du Roy

Lautaret Pass

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