Colle della Lombarda  -  Colle della Bonette

394  km.

     This is a turn enough heavy because a route unites him not really breve with a I found road really ruined.  

    The departure is the usual one boredom of the transfer up to Suburb St. Dalmazzo, that we quickly do taking first her provincial 161 and then diverting toward Caraglio on the 174, from here we aim toward Suburb and we take the Valley it Uncorks.  

    Unfortunately despite the time, the traffic is already raised, I think that all look for of escape from the heat! We reach Demonte and with patience we proceed up to Vinadio where we do the full one that will allow us to return in Italy without other standstills gasoline.  

    Here we abandon the government 21 and we climb there for the sour and steep provincial 255 that, with a lot of curves , brings us to the over 2000 ms of the hill of the Lombarda, a pass of secondary road importance but a lot beautiful as landscapes, with a splendid view on the Sanctuary of Sant'Anna.  

    After a small standstill, we go down in France in the skiing station of Island 2000: nothing of enthusiastically, the usual ones condominiums I model Sestrieres but the road that it brings valley to the fund it is really fantastic, long rectilinear with ample curves, with a really beautiful asphalt and anchors practically new, that brings yourself to exaggerate a little!  

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    We go down the whole valley up to Saint Etienne de Tinée, from where we begin to climb I pour the hill of the Bonette that with the 2808 m of height was, up to few months ago, the taller road pass of Europe, seems now both supplants from a Spanish hill of which however have not succeeded in having indications.  

    The road leaves the woods until to arrive in the nothing, only the ribbon of asphalt (luckily referred) and the earth with some spots of snow: the panorama is inimitable, anywhere a crown of mountains turn yourself to your feet! After her owed contemplation, we decidedly go down in the warm one and in the sultriness with a best road, up to the country of Jausier: we are in the valley of the Ubaye, we go up again it up to the alternative for the Vars, that we reach after having crossed St. Paul where the road is everything one patch, but we recovers in the descent, as had happened for the Bonette.  

    Reached Guillestre we approach us to house taking for the hill of the Agnello that we reach together with the traffic of the reentry! Arrived in top him over 2700 ms of the pass they make him feel and to see with a sharp pain and frost fog; to the flight there we throw in descent and to Pontechianale we find again the sun that accompanies us for the whole Val Varaita up to house.