Mountain pass cycling milestones are signposts that provide cyclists with information about their current position with regard to the summit of the mountain pass. They always provide information for cyclists going uphill. Sometimes the signs are two-sided, thereby providing information also for cyclists going downhill.

Mountain pass cycling milestones are particularly useful to cyclists that are not familiar with the climbs. In general, they allow cyclists to schedule breaks as well as to plan food and liquid uptake. They furthermore can serve as motivational landmarks.

Local institutions invest in this cycling infrastructure to offer service to cyclists, thus promoting tourism in their region.

Type of information Mountain pass cycling milestones always carry a pictogram of a bicycle or cyclist and specify the following standard information name of mountain pass altitude distance to summit average slope in the following section of the pass

Additional information found in some cases includes name and/or emblem of local institutions number of the road altitude of the summit distances to villages or town close to summit distance travelled from the start of the mountain pass

Typically, the signposts are placed every kilometer such that the slope corresponds to the average across the next kilometer.

France Mountain pass cycling milestones have become common in many major mountain passes in the French Pyrenees and Alps. Often their design is chosen to resemble the main features of conventional French milestones, which is a white bottom and a yellow top.

Mountain passes that are known to have cycling milestones The following table lists mountain passes signposted with cycling milestones, ordered by the height of the summit. If a mountain pass is not included in the table below, that does not imply that it has no cycling milestones. It can likewise mean that is not yet documented in this table.

All signs display the standard information (see above). The table specifies the precision of the slope. Additional information and emblems (if any) are explained in the column with remarks.

Name Height Country Precision of slope Example and season Remarks Cime de la Bonette from Jausiers uphill France 0.1% Emblem left: similar to the one of Jausiers; emblem right: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur; C1: number of road; bold 2: distance from starting point in Jausiers. Cime de la Bonette to Jausiers downhill France 0.1% Emblem left: similar to the one of Jausiers; emblem right: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur; C1: number of road; bold 2: distance to starting point in Jausiers. Cime de la Bonette from Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée uphill France 1% Emblem left: Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur; Emblem right: Mercantour National Park; M2205: number of road; bold 77: distance from starting point of this road. Cime de la Bonette to Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée downhill France 1% Emblem left: Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur; emblem right: Mercantour National Park; M2205: number of road; bold 77: distance to starting point of this road. Col de l'Iseran from Bonneval-sur-Arc uphill only France 1% On the side the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 902) is displayed. Col de l'Iseran from Val-d'Isère uphill only France 1% On the side the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 902) is displayed. Col Agnel from Château-Queyras uphill only France 0.1% Emblem:Conseil général Hautes Alpes; 2744 m: height of summit; A QR code is included in the lower right. Col du Galibier from Valloire uphill only France 1% On the side the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 902) is displayed. Col du Galibier from Col du Lautaret uphill only France 0.1% Emblem:Conseil général Hautes Alpes; 2642 m: height of summit; A QR code is included in the lower right. Col d'Izoard from Briançon uphill only France 0.1% Emblem:Conseil général Hautes Alpes; 2360 m: height of summit; A QR code is included in the lower right. Col d'Izoard from Guillestre uphill only France 0.1% Emblem:Conseil général Hautes Alpes; 2360 m: height of summit; A QR code is included in the lower right. Col de la Cayolle from Barcelonette uphill only France 1% Emblem:Conseil général Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; D902: number of road. Col d'Allos from Barcelonette uphill only France 1% Emblem:Conseil général Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; D908: number of road. Col du Tourmalet from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan uphill only France 0.5% Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 2115 m: height of summit. Col du Tourmalet from Luz-Saint-Sauveur uphill only France 0.5% Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 2115 m: height of summit. Col de Vars from Guillestre uphill only France 0.1% Emblem:Conseil général Hautes Alpes; 2109 m: height of summit; A QR code is included in the lower right. Col de Vars from Jausiers uphill only France 1% Emblem: Conseil général Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; D902: number of road. Col des Champs from Colmars uphill only France 1% Emblem: Conseil général Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; D2: number of road. Col de la Madeleine from La Léchère uphill only France 1% On the side (here not visible) the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 213) is displayed. Col de la Madeleine from La Chambre uphill only France 1% On the side the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 213) is displayed. Col du Glandon from La Chambre uphill only France 1% On the side the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 927) is displayed. Col de la Couillole from Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée up- and downhill France 1% M30: number of road; bold 11: distance from and to starting point in Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée Peyragudes from Col de Peyresourde uphill only France 0.5% Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 1620 m: height of summit. Col de Peyresourde from Armenteule uphill only France 0.5% Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 1569 m: height of summit. Col du Télégraphe from Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne uphill only France 1% On the side the logo of Savoie and the number of the road (D 902) is displayed. Hourquette d'Ancizan from Payolle uphill only France 0.1%Summer 2015 Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 1564 m: height of summit. Hourquette d'Ancizan from Ancizan uphill only France 0.1%Summer 2015 Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 1564 m: height of summit. Col d'Aspin from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan uphill only France 0.5% Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 1489 m: height of summit. Col d'Aspin from Arreau uphill only France 0.5% Emblem: Conseil général Hautes-Pyrénées; 1489 m: height of summit.

References

External links Rennrad, Pässe, Alpen, Pyrenäen, Touren, Schwarzwald, ... - quäldich.de - das Portal für Rennradfahrer. (In German) Climbbybike.com - all cycling cols, tours and cyclo's to climb by bike worldwide