Colle del Sestriere
	Height	Climbing height
	2035m	1659m (Pinerolo) 681m (Cesana Torinese)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	2-3 (5)	2-3 (5)
How to get there	It is a long way from the south and Pinerolo (376m) to the pass, but it is never very steep. The short climb from the north starts in Cesana Torinese (1354m) and is steeper, but mostly around 6%. There are two alternative ways up from Cesana Torinese, the smaller one has recently been improved, but it is not clear to me which one is nicest.
Other comments	Sestriere was Italy’s first ski town and has been a popular place for skiers since the beginning of the century at least. It is somewhat nice in the valley up from Perosa Argentina, but this region has so many nicer places that this pass best serves as an access road – to the famous Assietta ridge road (a long gravel road just about cyclable with a racer high above Sestriere – see the unpaved pass section). [IT-TO-2024]