Col Agnel/Colle dell’Agnello
	Height	Climbing height
	2744m Sign 2748m	1773m (Sampéyre) 1403m (Château-Queyras)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5) (East); 2 (5) (West)	3 (5)
How to get there	From Italy you will go up the valley via Sampéyre. At Casteldelfino (1296m) it gets a bit steeper, but it is first at Chianale (1797m) that it gets really steep. There is at least a kilometer with around 14% on average that makes this side very hard. It is seldom that these really high pass roads have so steep sections. The road up from Château-Queyras (1351m) in France is much easier although a bit unregular. The surface is good on the Italian side, but not quite as good on the French side. At altimetrias.com is a profile of the pass on the Italian side.
Other comments	This is one of the least talked about of the really high passes in France and Italy. It is seldom used in Tour de France and Giro d’Italia for some reason. This pass is superb to use to make a route into Italy from France in order to visit the wonderful Valcavera/Morti and Sampéyre passes, that are among the most beautiful road passes in the Alps. There are water at Casteldelfino in Italy and on some other places on both sides of the pass. [05-2744]