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Col de Parpaillon

geography  FR (05-04), 6.6457°E, 44.4886°N profil
altitude  2645 m100-cols code  FR-04-2637
side 1  La Condamine, 1286m, 18km
 Les Pras, 1693m, 13km
side 2  St-André-d'Embrun, 935m, 24km
 La Chalp, 1655m, 12km
passability quite difficult quite difficult
links   Géoportail IGN map Wikimapia map proximité photo(s)   Tour 2012
info famous passage (film entitled Parpaillon), paved road to the chapel of St. Anne, respectively a little higher than La Chalp at 1850 m a. s. l.; summit tunnel can be closed, no lights, often muddy, with ice up in summer; steep pass (scree) above, at 2783 m
Col de Parpaillon
The sheepfold of Grand Parpaillon
Col de Parpaillon
Plan de Parpaillon
Col de Parpaillon
The Parpaillon gravel road and, in the background, Col de la Pare
Col de Parpaillon
Patrick at the Parpaillon tunnel
Col de Parpaillon
View to the north from the Parpaillon tunnel, with the Girabeau pass in the center
Col de Parpaillon
In the descent from Parpaillon towards Crévoux