Col du Pré
	Height	Climbing height
	1703m	958m (Beaufort) 128m (Bge de Roselend)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	North 3-4 (5); East 1 (5)	5 (5)
How to get there	The climb starts to the north in Beaufort (745m) and goes via the nice village of Arêches (1055m). Just after this village you take left up a quite steep and narrow road to the pass. Just after the pass you get very good views of first the Mont Blanc mounains and then also of the Lac de Roselend and the dam. This is the nicest approach to the Cormet de Roselend (1968m) pass. The climb up from the dam is short and easy.
Other comments	This and Cormet de Roselend are easily among the most beautiful pass roads in the French alps. An alternative pass road over the Beaufortin mountains is the Cormet d’Arêches (2109m) pass which is just about cyclable with a racer (one goes straight on up the valley from Arêches instead of going over the Col du Pré if coming from Beaufort. (This road has around 6 km gravel road and is a bit difficult on the south side and it is also rather steep up on the asphalt part from Granier.) There is a grocery in Arêches. [73-1703]