Col de la Croix de Cœur

With views of the Dent de Nendaz, Mont Gond and Mont Gelé, you can climb hairpin bends to the Col de la Croix de Coeur. The last climb is on a unpaved road and the view up is absolutely fantastic. Just like the cyclists of the Tour de Suisse and Tour de France 2009, you take the southern ramp to Verbier.



Pass-Facts

Highest point: 2173 meters
Start: Conthey
Goal: Verbier
Distance: 50 km
Altitude: 2200
Average grade: 7.7%

This pass is ENTIRELY PAVED, feasable with road bike and quite beautiful from the Verbier side (even though the road is of poor quality at the end of the climb, from Sion)

It is at the top of the Col de la Croix de Coeur (2173 meters) that the finish of the Tour des Stations, a major event on the European cyclosportive calendar, is judged.The last 8 kilometers of the climb are on a narrow road that winds through the forest and then the pastures.