(Col de la) Croix de Coeur
	Height	Climbing height
	2173m	1459m (Sembrancher) 667m (Mayens-de-Riddes); 1045m (bivio Isérables); 1691m (Riddes)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5)	4 (5)
How to get there	From the south one could start at Sembrancher (714m) and go in nice serpentines up a somewhat busy road to Verbier (1490m). It is not obvious of how to continue up, but sort of follow the serpentines as they go higher through the town and you will probably be on the right road (there is an extremely small sign in the city suggesting the road choice at one point). Well out of the village the road gets more narrow and after an unsigned right bend (with a road choice for a road that goes to Col de Gentianes (2890m), which may not be practicable by a road bike), the road goes among trees for a short while and soon thereafter it is a steep gravel road with wooden drainage gullies to the top. This part is the hardest, but is easily rideable with some care in passing the gullies. The road is partly tarmacced on the upper north side. Before Mayens-de-Riddes (1506m) the road becomes a very good asphalt road. Here you would do well to turn off right to follow a high road up the side of the Valais valley to Haute Nendaz at first (it should have a decent gravel road part for about 3-4 km). The climb from the north could start here or all the way down in Riddes (482m) at the floor of the Valais valley. Once could possibly also arrive from Isérables and start the climb at the junction at 1128m. R1: 5 km.
Other comments	It is a very beautiful pass and nice road alternative if going from the Col du Gd. St. Bernard up the Valais valley or the other way around. This pass might well become properly tarmacced on the Riddes side any day as it seems very popular and maybe on the Verbier side too considering how the place is growing. (In fact it should perhaps already be classified as paved pass, but it was not clear it was fully paved on the north side even as I cycled it.) [CH-VS-2173]