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Col de Vars – The Gorges du Guil loop from Montdauphin-Guillestre

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Col de Vars – The Gorges du Guil loop from Montdauphin-Guillestre

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4.8

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957

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Col de Vars – The Gorges du Guil loop from Montdauphin-Guillestre

07:55

131km

3,450m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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After 61.3 km for 224 m

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Train Station

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10.8 km

View of Mont-Dauphin and the Écrins

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Not difficult panoramic climb.

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24.0 km

Col de Vars

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The Vars pass is located at 2,108 meters and connects the Ubaye valley with the Embrunais. The Col de Vars is a typical passage of the Tour de France, crossed already 35 times since 1947.

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28.6 km

Vars

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Ideal village for practicing summer and winter sports.

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46.8 km

Gorges du Guil

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Incredible road, you enjoy it even more on a bike.

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47.8 km

Retenue du Barrage de la Maison du Roy

Lake

53.0 km

The Gorges du Guil

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The Guil gorges are one of the natural gateways to the Queyras national park. The torrential river has carved exceptional gorges out of the rock. This canyon, on numerous occasions, …

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56.5 km

Gorges of the Guil

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Cycling through these gorges is a wonderful experience.

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61.2 km

Fort Queyras

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The Queyras fort, which stands out on the mountain, is beautiful.

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61.8 km

Château de Château-Queyras

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A magnificent castle.

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84.8 km

Viewpoint

131 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

125 km

2.45 km

2.32 km

1.02 km

143 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

130 km

618 m

143 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 27 August

21°C

12°C

85 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

August 18, 2023,#34 🇨🇵🇮🇹 Col Agnel (2744m)

What luck when you are near such a high pass and the weather ☀️☀️ is right!
At the moment it is always very windy from noon onwards and since I had a tailwind on the way there, it would have been a good idea not to start cycling until noon, but that was too hot for me.
Somehow I also …

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August 9, 2025,Col Agnel et St Véran MA-GNI-FI-QUE !

After 2 days of being a bit of a struggle in terms of fitness, today I'm in great shape and mountain biking is still more fun in these conditions 🌝😉

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Col de Vars – The Gorges du Guil loop from Montdauphin-Guillestre

View of Mont-Dauphin and the Écrins

Col de Vars

Vars

Gorges du Guil

The Gorges du Guil

Gorges of the Guil

Fort Queyras

Château de Château-Queyras

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