The Top 7 Mountain Passes around Cognin
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Last updated: October 1, 2025
“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect “their” cross at this point. (...) These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and …
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A classic. Once at the pass, either continue in the Chartreuse massif or go down in the vineyards of Apremont and around Lake Saint-André.
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Pass without too much traffic. Quite steep start to reach Saint Sulpice, the rest is rather regular.
The pass is closed in winter
The pass is closed in winter
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On the pass, there was, among other things, a chapel, a source and a kind of altar with a cross, the latter being still more or less intact on the way.
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Significantly less car traffic going up from Chignin rather than St-Jean d'Arvey.
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