Colle della Boaria – Fort Colle Alto loop from Limonetto

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Colle della Boaria – Fort Colle Alto loop from Limonetto

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Colle della Boaria – Fort Colle Alto loop from Limonetto

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46.9km

1,550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parc national du Mercantour (aire d'adhésion)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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6.05 km

Entrance to the Salt Road (Alta Via del Sale)

Highlight • Trail

from the hurdle onwards you go towards the don barbera, morgantini hut, if you want to pass the duke's pass and go down to the pesio gate, from the barriers …

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7.28 km

Start of the Via del Sale Gravel Road

Highlight • Trail

10.9 km

Colle Campanino

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Colle Campanino rises to almost 2,200 meters in altitude. From here, the wide panorama takes your breath away. It is wonderful to see how the paths wind down into the valley.

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15.2 km

Colle della Boaria Hairpin on the Via del Sale

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Boaria hill ("col de la Boaire" in French) is a splendid pass in the Ligurian Alps, today on the border between Italy and France. Very close to the top, …

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23.1 km

Col des Seigneurs / Colle del lago dei Signori

Mountain Pass

26.1 km

Col de Malabergue

Mountain Pass

30.5 km

The Col de Boarïa is an ancient pastoral pass in the Ligurian Alps, culminating at about 2,100 meters above sea level. Once used for transhumance and exchanges between alpine valleys, it connected routes near the Franco-Italian border.

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35.0 km

Route du Sel

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The excursion that will never bore you

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40.0 km

Fort Colle Alto

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful and strong. Although, to be honest, a few signs with historical information — dates, context, curiosities — wouldn't hurt. But the French cousins are evidently not interested.

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40.8 km

Col de Tende

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Tenda Pass, at an altitude of 1,871 meters, is renowned for its fortifications and the "road of 50 hairpin bends", which crosses the pass connecting the Vermenagna valley, in …

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46.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.1 km

11.1 km

524 m

142 m

Surfaces