Col Agnel/Colle dell’Agnello
	Height	Climbing height - length
	2744m Sign 2748m	1785m - 31.5 km (Sampèyre) 1430m - 25.3 km (Château-Queyras); 1747m - 41.8 km (Guillestre)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5)	3-4 (5)
How to get there	From Italy you will go up the valley via Sampèyre (959m). At Casteldelfino (1296m) it gets a bit steeper, but it is first at Chianale (1797m) that it gets really steep. There is at least a kilometre with around 14% on average that makes this side very hard. It is seldom that these really high pass roads have so steep sections. The road up from Château-Queyras (1353m) in France is easier although a bit unregular. One could also start further down at Guillestre (1037m) for a really long climb. The surface is good on the Italian side, and fine on the French side too. At altimetrias.com is a profile of the pass on the Italian side and the French side.
Other comments	This is one of the least talked about of the really high passes in France and Italy. It is seldom used in Tour de France and Giro d’Italia for some reason, but it was used in TdF 2008. This pass is superb to use to make a route into Italy from France in order to visit the wonderful Valcavera/Morti and Sampeyre passes, that are among the most beautiful road passes in the Alps. There are water at Casteldelfino in Italy and on some other places on both sides of the pass. [FR-05-2744]
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