page_title: Col du Télégraphe
section_title: Details of the climb
hierarchical_section_title: Col du Télégraphe / Details of the climb
caption_attribution_description: English: 2015 Mountain pass cycling milestone - Telegraphe from Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
context_page_description: Col du Télégraphe is a mountain pass in the French Alps situated above the Maurienne valley between the eastern end of the massif d'Arvan-Villards and the massif des Cerces.
  The pass links Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne to the north and Valloire to the south, as well as forming an access point to the col du Galibier via its north face.
  The route is often used during the ascent to Col du Galibier in the Tour de France, and is thus popular with cyclists.
context_section_description: From the north, starting at Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, the climb is 11.8 kilometres (7.3 mi) long, gaining 856 metres (2,808 ft) in height (an average of 7.3%). The maximum gradient is 9.8% at the summit. On this side mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre. They indicate the current height, the distance to the summit, the average slope in the following kilometre, and the number of the street. As of July 2015, some milestones are missing in the middle part of the climb.
  From the south, the climb starts at Valloire and is 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) long at an average gradient of 3.4% (height gain: 165 metres (541 ft)).
caption: One of the mountain pass cycling milestones along the climb from Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
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