This highlight is not the place Utelle itself, but the immediately adjacent, nameless passport. This would have earned a name and a passport. It combines the Tinée with the Vésubie valley and is on the one hand sporty demanding and on the other hand of exceptional scenic beauty. Since it is completely insignificant in terms of traffic, the road is practically free of traffic and probably attracts only occasionally people who make a pilgrimage to the outgoing from the pass point vantage point and sanctuary Madone d'Utelle.
The pass shows two very different faces. From the Vésubie valley you will find a lovely, initially by olive groves leading climb with many, beautifully built serpentine. The slope is absolutely regular and you climb easily with always better views over the Vésubie valley.
From the Tinée Valley you first drive through the artfully built serpentine passage (see specially created highlight) and then get to La Tour in a high-lying side valley. This is of breathtaking, wild beauty and absolutely lonely and far from any civilization. It goes flat and twice through intermediate runs with rough slopes. The final climb has it in itself and climbs with nasty ramps to the tunnel.
At the pass you should absolutely take the Stichstrasse to Madone d'Utelle under the wheels.