The Colle della Croce (Italian) or Col Lacroix (French, sometimes referred as Col de la CroixRistolas - Ristolas, Christophe Antoine; web site Tourisme & randonnée en Queyras http://queyras.aparcourir.com (accessed: May 2012)) 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.
Notes
Maps Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n.6 Monviso