Col de la Lombarde/Colle della Lombarda
	Height	Climbing height
	2350m TCI 2351m	1460m ((bivio Col de Larche/Colle della Maddalena (Vinádio)) 1479m (Isola); 1840m (St. Sauveur-s-Tinée)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5)	3-4 (5)
How to get there	A tightly hairpinned road starts in the woods in the outskirts of Vinádio (904m) in Italy on the north side. This road is often steep, but never above around 13%. On the south side the climb has the same starting points as the Col de la Bonette and the Col de la Moutière – Isola (871m) or St. Sauveur-s-Tinée (510m).
Other comments	The climb is very nice on the Italian side and also quite relentless. Vinádio is a nice little village where you could get something to drink and eat before going up the climb. There is not much water to be found along the road. The french side looks a bit like the more northern Alps actually and even has a ski resort at Isola 2000, which is probably to thank for the exceptionally good road down to Isola. It was raining heavily upon my visit, it was windy and cold, and thus no time to stop for a photo. Thanks! to Kevin Speed for offering the photo looking into Italy at the pass height. [06-2350a;o330]