Colle del Sestriere

Piedmont, Italy

Gradient:

<4%

4–7%

7–10%

10–12%

>12%

Approach route

APPROACH ROUTES

Colle del Sestriere

from Cesana Torinese

Distance

11.5km

Elevation

697m

Avg %

6.1%

Max %

13.3%

<4%4–7%7–10%10–12%>12%

Rising to 2 035 m in Piedmont, Italy, Colle del Sestriere is a Category 1 cycling climb. From Cesana Torinese it rises 11.5 km at 6.1% average — 697 m of ascent, steepening to 13.3%. The steepest kilometre averages 11.2%, around km 2.3. The approach is profiled kilometre-by-kilometre against Copernicus GLO-30 elevation data. On the Fiets scale it rates 5.3. Above the treeline the summit holds snow well into spring, so the dependable riding window runs roughly June to October.

RIDE THE CLIMB — FROM CESANA TORINESE

View at km 0.3 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 0.8 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 1.3 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 1.8 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 2.4 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 2.9 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 3.4 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 3.9 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 4.4 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 5 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 5.5 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 6 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 6.5 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 7.1 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 7.6 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 8.1 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 8.6 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 9.1 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 10.2 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 10.7 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 11.2 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

View at km 11.5 — Photo by joostjakob / Mapillary (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Source

FEATURED IN

Giro d'Italia 2025 — Stage 20

as “Sestrières”

Tour de France 2024 — Stage 4

as “Sestrières”

COLLE DEL SESTRIERE

Summit

2035m

Approaches

1

Hardest

CAT 1

Hardest side

11.5km

NEARBY CLIMBS

Colle delle Finestre

2176m

Col de l'Échelle

1762m

Col d'Izoard

2361m

Col de Sommeiller / Colle del Sommeiller

3009m

Col de Granon

2413m

RIDE IT FROM

Briançon

20 km from the climb · 1219 m elev

Piedmont

Region guide

Colle del Sestriere — Photo by No machine-readable author provided. Idéfix~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Source