La Croix
	Height	Climbing height - length
	1700m	425m (Brusson); 1337m (Verrès) 660m (Challand-St.-Anselme)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	2 (5)	3-4 (5)
How to get there	If you come to Val d’Ayas in Aosta via Col de Joux (1640m), the climb to La Croix starts in Brusson (1275m). If you start from Verrès (363m) at the start of the valley it is a much longer climb. One could start in Challand-St.-Anselme (1040m) or Challand-St.-Victor (Villa or Viran) if coming via Colle di Zuccore/Col Tse Core/Col du Mont Tseuc (1607m) or Colle di/Col d’Arlaz (1031m) respectively. This is a somewhat steep but wide road from Brusson and to the pass (which has no real pass name).
Other comments	This is the road to Arescoll/Col de/Colle Ranzola (2171m), which has been suggested as built to the pass on some maps, but this road still remains a mule track over the pass. The road is asphalted until the height of 1892m some way after Estoul (1817m). For good information on this climb (in Italian) see this link (click on ‘Colle Ranzola’). There is a surprising amount of traffic on this road in Summer. It is quite nice up here!
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