Col du Petit Mont Cenis
	Height	Climbing height
	2183m	794m (Lanslebourg); 753m (Lanslevillard) 1707m (Susa)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	West 2-3 (5); East 4 (5)	4-5 (5)
How to get there	This pass was tarmacced on the north side just as I (thought to have) finished climbing all asphalted passes above 2000 metres in the Alps in 2004! I later went there in 2006 and inspected this pass road. This pass is reached by a road on the French side (north) of the lake near the Col du Mont Cenis (2081m). The first stretch of the road to the junction at the other side of the lake is in a very poor state, but is anyway heavily used. From here the newly paved road winds its way up some more kilometres to the pass. The last 50 metres are actually still gravel. It is irregularly steep, but not very difficult. There are some drainage gullies to remember to go over softly on the return ride. There is only a path down the south side of this pass.
Other comments	It is quite nice up here and there are usually many people picknicking up in the meadows. There should be relatively easy access to some nearby rough-stuff passes as well (for those with mountainbikes). See Col du Mont Cenis for more information. [FR-73-2183b]