Col du Petit St. Bernard/Colle del Piccolo S. Bernardo
	Height	Climbing height
	2189m Sign 2188m	1376m - 30.2 km (Bourg-St. Maurice); 1298m - 27.3 km (Séez) 1298m - 23.9 km (Séez via Montevalezan); 1129m - 20.4 km (Ste-Foy-Tarentaise) 740m - 13 km (La Thuile); 1182m - 22.8 km (Pré-Saint-Didier); 1770m - 29.6 km (Morgex)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	North 4 (5); South 3 (5)	4 (5)
How to get there	There is a nicely hairpinned road from the west to this classic pass starting in Bourg-St. Maurice (813m) or from Séez (891m) if you are coming down from Col de l’Iseran (2764m) or you could take a minor road up from Ste-Foy-Tarentaise (1060m). The regular climb from the Aosta valley starts in Pré-Saint-Didier (1007m) and is long, but not so very steep. For the absolutely hardest climb one should start in Morgex (923m) and take a short-cut up via Colle San Carlo (1953m), which happens to be one of the most consistently steep pass roads in the Alps with around 10% on average for 1030 height metres, and continue up from La Thuile (1449m) to the pass. One could also take the road via Montevalezan when climbing up from Séez for a shorter, but steeper climb (there are two variants).
Other comments	It is very nice higher up on this pass on both sides. The pass itself is a very popular place for tourists and locals alike and one of the oldest used high passes in the Alps, I believe. It was regularly used already in the 1800th century at least and that is probably why the gradients of the climbs are never very high. There is a Napoléon monument at the top and other historical buildings. There are many paths leading from the top to the mountains around. There should be water (and shops) at La Rosière on the west side and at La Thuile on the east. There is a good hotel in Morgex by the main road. [FR-73-2188, BIG 285]
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