Passes: info et legends

Passes in the Alps and the Jura by Patrick Schleppi, member of the Club des cent cols

These pages feature various information on passes which i passed in the Alps and the Jura mountains.

Icons
	road pass (rideable with a race bicycle)		further information about the pass
	MTB pass (not sufaced and thus not appropriate for a race bicycle)		number Club des cent cols
	geographic position (country, region, coordinates)		display a national map (Switzerland, France and Austria available), on ViaMichelin or on Wikimapia
	altitude of the pass
	places on each side (altitudes and distances to the pass)		Wikipedia article about this pass (en: english, fr: french, de: german, it: italian, rm: romanic, sl: slovenian)
	months during which the pass is normally open (road) or difficulty ranking (MTB, see hereafter)		display a list sorted according to the proximity to the present pass
	links to other pages		display picture(s) of the pass

Symbols of the passes on the maps
> 2000 m
1500 - 2000 m
1000 - 1500 m
< 1000 m
not yet passed
Road
MTB

Difficulty ranking
x	easy, good way, neither too steep nor too long
xx	fairly easy, way or rideable trail
xxx	quite difficult, sections to push or carry the bike
xxxx	difficult, steep, quite long sections to push or carry the bike
xxxxx	very difficult, long sections to push or carry the bike, or even dangerous passages
Ø	not allowed
with no warranty; given separately for each side in most cases

Your comments about this site are always welcome. Don't hesitate to contact me.
I receive quite frequently questions from cyclists preparing a tour in the Alps. It's always a pleasure to see that my site gives rise to some interest and i answer as well as possible. However, i'm not a travel agency...